Timeline: Chelsea Cooper's Life

Nov 7, 1991

Born

I was born in Georgetown, South Carolina!

Feb 19, 1993

First Step

Jun 14, 1993

Daddy died

Today my daddy was in a car accident and passed away. I was 2 years old.

Jul 11, 1993

Mother Left

My mother realized that she could not handle having a baby at 18 and just lossing her boyfriend so I was given to my fathers mother and she raised me.

Jul 25, 1993

First Word

My first work was daddy.

Jun 10, 1995

First hair cut

Aug 26, 1996

First day of kindergarten

Mar 2, 1999

Little sister was born

Lauryn was her name! I was so excited when I was told I had a little sister but a few months later I realized that Lauryn actually had her biological mother and it made a resent her for a little while but it was just jealousy.

Aug 22, 2003

First day of Middle School

May 1, 2004

First Boyfirend

My first boyfiends name was Wacey. He was Hawian. I was so thrillled I ran home that day to tell my grandma and we went on our first date to the movies with my grandma and my aunt.

Jan 5, 2006

Mimi died

Today my grandmother died, the one that raised me. She had been fighting cancer for 5 years. This impacted my life a lot. I lost everything the day my grandma died. Not only did i have nowhere to go but she was my world and I was never going to see her again so this impacted the way I looked at people and I started to not let people very close to me because I was scared of loosing them.

Aug 22, 2006

First day of High School

Aug 28, 2006

Met Mom number 1

Today I met Carla, I didn't realize but soon I would be adopted by her!

Sep 3, 2006

Met mom number 2

Today I met FK, I didn't know but soon she would be my mom number 2!!

Nov 22, 2006

Adoption Day

Today I was adopted by my moms, although this was not a legal adoption. They took me in and became my gardians. This was the best day ever! I was so excited to move in with my moms, I finally felt like I was wanted again and loved. They were the first people I let close to me since my grandma.

Jan 1, 2009

First Feild Experience

Today I started my first feild experience. I worked at my high school with the special needs classroom and I loved it! It helped me have a better understanding of what kind of work I would be doing if I choose special education and now I have choosen that major and I am glad I had this oppurtunity!

May 28, 2010

Graduation

Graduated from Georgetown High School with a class of 188 and I ranked 12th.

Aug 14, 2010

Allisons Death

I lost my best friend today. This really impacted my life, I have only had two major losses in my life and this is one of them. I lived with Allison all through high school. Allison was the one person that I relied on besides my moms, after her death it really shook me and I started to draw away from people again and not want to be close to anyone.