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0-18 Years Old
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Prenatal
My mom worked the whole time she was pregnant. She's a CNA, so when she worked she was on her feet the entire time. She worked long hours, so when she was pregnant she didn't get much rest. -
Prenatal
My mom says my birth was really easy, She didn't take any drugs and said it was pretty quick. -
0-2 Years Old
My mom had to stop breastfeeding me and go back to work -
0-2 Years Old
Said my first word -
2-5 Years Old
Drowned in the Glenwood Hot Springs and spent a couple days in hospital -
2-5 Years Old
My parents got divorced, and this affected my attachments to both of them, and in turn to the rest of the people I have enountered in my life. -
5-12 Years Old
Started learning to read. By the time I started kindergarten, I could read at a 2nd to 3rd grade level. -
2-5 Years Old
My dad got remarried to my step mom who had a daughter of her own. On one hand, I didn't get along with my step mom and was yelled at a lot. On the other, I had three sisters to make up games with and play together. -
5-12 Years Old
Skipped 1st grade -
5-12 Years Old
My mom got remarried to my step dad who was an alcoholic. I also started 6th grade and was a year younger than my peers. I went to a middle school that not a lot of kids from my elementary school went to, so I knew nobody. I had a hard time making friends, so I felt like I was weird or unlikeable. -
12-18 Years Old
Having been in band the last year, I was starting to get good at playing the trumpet and I figured out that I like music better than playing any sports. -
12-18 Years Old
I made it onto the color guard, and was naturally really good at it. I found a group of girls within the guard that were a lot like me, and started to understand that I wasn't weird or something like I thought I was in middle school. I just hadn't met the right people yet. -
12-18 Years Old
Step dad was put into jail for domestic violence. I got a restraining order against him, but my mom remained married to him so as a result I didn't get to see her often. She has always been my best friend, so this hit me really hard. -
12-18 Years Old
I graduated high school with a plan to go to Fort Lewis and major in biology to become a veterinarian. I was positive that this is what I wanted to do with my life. -
12-18 Years Old
I started college at Fort Lewis. After just a few weeks, I knew I had made the right decision in the location of my schooling. The Durango community was very similar to my own personality. I also loved that everyone here is as active as I am and enjoys the outdoors just as much. -
12-18 Years Old
For my entire freshman year of college I struggled in my chemistry classes, which are essential in a biology major. I also was dreading the 8 years of schooling I would have to do to be a veterinarian. Around March, I disovered that I really enjoy psychology and I could still work with animals by being an animal behaviorist, or by doing animal therapy. I changed my major and it felt like the world lifted off my shoulders. I was going to school in the exact right location for the right thing.