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Prenatal development and birth
After developing for nine long months I was born on December 19, 1987 weighing 7lbs 8oz, 22 inches long. I was born a healthy baby girl and was released from the hospital with my mom and dad three days later. I arrived six days before my due date by c-section. -
The First 2 years: Biosocial
For the first five months of my life I was breast fed with some formula supplement. My mom tells me that over the course of the first two years I really developed a strong connection with my dad and wanted him to do everything for me. -
The first 2 years: cognitive
I babbled a lot as a baby and had "screaming matches" with my older sisters. I had typical developing speech and some of my first words were mama, dada, and teetoo (thank you). -
The first 2 years: psychosocial
I was a happy baby and had little seperation anxiety except when it came to leaving my dad. My older sisters played with me and I would always laguh and smile. During play group, I got along well with the other children. -
The play years: Cognitive
Through out my "play years" my language abilities began to develop rapidly. I could carry on conversations with adults and demonstrated grammatical knowledge. -
The play years: Psychosocial
During my "play years" I was extremely close to my parents. They provided with me with so much love. I was very into playing with my dolls and I really liked to play house. -
The play years: Biosocial
I gained weight and grew according to a typical developing little girl. I loved the chew gum and sometimes would ask if I could have gum for dinner. I took swim lessons starting at age three and was comfortable with the water by the age of six. -
The school years: Cognitive
The school years really took off when I got to actually attend school for full days! I loved going and thought it was really cool that I got to go to the same place as my sisters for the same amount of time. After school I would try and recall everything I did during my day to "show off" to them. -
The school years: Psychosocial
The school years is when I really developed close relationships with my friends. I started having more play dates outside of school and really got in to having sleep over parties with my friends. I started to have less interest in my sisters during my school years since I had my own friends. -
The school years: Biosocial
I hit a growth spurt right when I turned seven. My mom told me that she remembers none of my pants fitting because I grew almost 2 inches! However, after that i didn't have another big growth spurt for a few years. -
Adolescence: Biosocial
In 2001, I started highschool. This is when I really started to mature physically while hitting a huge growth spurt. My freshman year of highschool I grew three inches. During my sophmore year of highschool is when I started dating my current boyfriend. During this time we became more interested in sexual activities and during our junior year of high school we started experimenting. -
Adolescences: psychosocial
During my adolescences is really when I found my niche. I started competitive swimming and absolutely loved it. It really helped define who I was. My life completely revolved around swimming and that is where I made most of my closest friends. A lot of us went to school together so our bond became even stronger. Swimming also became a family affair. Both of my older sisters were swimmers and it was a sport that the entire family was involved in. It brought us closer together. -
Adolescence: Cognitive
In 2006 I graduated from highschool. During my time in highschool I took a few advanced placement classes and took the ACTs in preparation for college. -
Emerging adulthood: Biosocial
My competitive swimming career had concluded once I graduated from highschool but the need to keep an active and healthy lifestyle was still present. Since swimming had ended I became obsessed with making sure I was eating healthy, working out, and maintaining a healthy weight. -
Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive
I started college in the fall of 2006. I first attended Western Michigan University but after one semester I transferred to Eastern Michigan University. I studied speech and language pathology and after 4.5 year I graduated cum laude from EMU! -
Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial
December 19, 2010- My boyfriend and I celebrated our 6th year anniversary. We stayed together all through out college and now we are reaching a point in our relationship where we are finding ourselves ready for the next step. This phase is definitely a time where marriage is high on our list of priorities. -
Adulthood: biosocial
My husband and I keep up with a fairly healthy lifestyle. We have three beautiful children to live for so we make our health a priority. There have been some signs of normal aging but I have avoided things such as tobacco and excessive alcohol consumption to slow down the aging process. -
Adulthood: Cognitive
I have enrolled in classes for pottery. This is something I did a long time ago and found to be something I enjoyed and was rather good at. I decided I wanted to learn more about it and possibly excel in the area from these classes. -
Adulthood: Psychosocial
My husband and I have been together for 34 years and have defyed the status quo of divorce rates! We have awesome relationships with our children and are expecting a few grandchildren in the near future! -
Late Adulthood: Psychosocial
My husband and I have both been retired for 5 years now and are loving it! I have spent a lot of my time volunteering at the local hospital while my husband loves to keep up with our garden. At teh beginning of our retirement we took a few trips together. Overall, we are dealing with retirement quite well and are excited for the extra time we will have with our grand children! -
Late adulthood: Biosocial
My children and grandchild stop over every other day to check on my husband and I. They think that we can't entirely care for ourselves in our old age. Little do they know we would be jsut fine even if they didn't stop over. However, they mean well and we love the visits! -
late adulthood: Cognitive
At 83 years old my memory isn't what it used to be. Thankfully my children and grandchildren help remind me of the things that I need reminded of. They have written down important things that my husband and I may have forgetten, for example, when to take certain medications. -
Epilogue: death and dying
I would have been 89 years old this year. It is the year 2076 and I have jusst lost my husband three months ago. Since his death my health has slowly declined. I have always told my children that I want to pass away in the comfort of my own home. My family knew the time was coming and they all had gathered in my home. On August 22, 2076, I died a good death. I peacefully passed away during my sleep and joined my love in heaven.