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Born
I was born on October 23, 1992 in Detroit, MI -
Started wearing glasses
I was seeing doubles of everything and couldnt focus on anything. I was taken to and eye doctor and they realized I had a lazy eye. I was immediately given glasses
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Moved to Newcastle, England
I do not remember being told I was moving to another country but I do remember being excited about the new house I was going to have and the new friends I was going to make.
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Moved back to Michigan
This was especially hard for me. I was about to be 8 years old and had to leave my friends at the very first school I had attended. England is much different than the U.S. Everything is done in a slower pace.We lived deep in the country so coming back to Macomb MI was a culture shock to me. The hardest adjustment was going to a new school. Going to a new school in a "new" country brought on anxiety and depresssion in 2nd grade
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Recieved my license
I waited until 3 months after my 16th birthday to get my license -
Graduated Highschool
I was planning on going to nursing school right after highschool but that changed. I was excited to start a new chapter in my life -
Moved to Carnforth, England
I decided to take a gap year and go to Capernwray Bible School in England for a year. This was my biggest adjustment emotonally to date. I suffered severe panic attacks and intense anxiety. I was out of my comfor zone with no one I knew. I eventually settled in and remember it as the time of my life. -
Moved back to MI
at first this was exciting and fun. I was able to see poeple I hadnt seen in 9 months. After the initial excitement wore off I began to become "depressed", desperately longing to be back with my friends I had made from all around the world. I think the realization of (probably) not being able to see them again hit me hard. -
Started College
I started my education at University of Detroit Mercy. This was especially hard becuase I hadnt been in school for a year and a half so it was really difficult to adjust back into that type of setting. -
Finished my freshman year
I had finally finsihed a long hard year of school. -
Moving Day
For my whole life my house has been filled with all of my siblings and their friends sometimes coming to live with us. My brother, who is 2 years older than I, got married and moved to Canada. My other brother started attending Wayne State so he moved to Detroit. The two friends that were also living with us moved out, and my dad had to stay in China for 4 months for his job. All that was left was me and my mom (and my sister but she lives 30 min away). This has been very hard to adapt to. -
Ending Relationships
I ended a year long relationship. I felt I was growing up and moving on while he was not. This was surprisingly not that big of a deal. -
Graduate College
This is a major life event. I can now move on in life and get my career started. -
First Nursing Job
This is exciting but also scary. This is the real deal, and no one is there to guide me. -
Move out of MI to become a travel nurse.
I do not do well with change so this is a big step. I have always loved traveling, and have known for most of my life that I do not want to spend all of it in MI. This is different than just traveling. This is for an extended period of time. -
Get Married
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Move back to MI to raise my children near family
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Send my first child off to kindergarden
life moves so fast. -
Move to Haiti as a Missionary Nurse
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Move back to US
My parents are getting older and need more help -
Losing my father
the hardest life event Ive had to deal with -
First Grandchild
it is a happy event, but weird at the same time thinking about how quickly my life has passed me -
My mother passes away.
also, extremely heart breaking. Difficult to recover from. -
I pass away
I pass peacefully in my sleep :)
