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An over view of my life from prenatal to death
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My mother is caucasion (Czech, German and Irish), she was raised Catholic in California. My dad is african american, he was raised Methodist in Alabama during segregation.
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During this time My mother refrained from using any drugs or alcohol. I developed normally
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Born in Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. 8:05 pm by Cesarian-section
Birth weight 7lb 4oz
20.5 inches long Because of a fever mother (Nancy Fitzgerald) can not hold me for 4 days, but my father (Harold Dennis) holds and feeds me every day. -
Birth to 6 months
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turned over by myself
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10 weeks
now weight 12lb height 25.5 inches -
at 5 months of age
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6 months to 1 year
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Crawling at 6 months
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Said "bye bye" unpredictably at 7 months
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Standing by myself and taking 5 steps on my own
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years 2 and 3
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Shaw says "dirty" when she wants to be changed. "Dirty" also means mud.
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Learn to hop and jump. Look at pictures of black men aand say "daddy". According to the literature of the time children do not percieve race until age 3
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Shaw goes #2 in the potty chair. 2 days later she uses it for both #1 and #2
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At a little over one and a half I swallowed a penny and it got caught in my throat. I was taken to the ER. After an expensive X-ray the doctors sent my mother home saying the problem would resolve itself. And it did, On the car ride home. I threw up all over my mother.
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Started stuttering around this time. This resolved itself a week or two later
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From age 3 to 6
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At the age of 5 my mother and I moved to Seattle to start a new life.
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My Grandfather dies of cancer
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I go to kindergarten at B.F. Day
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Ages 6 to 11
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Shaw and Waverly move to a communal living house on Capitol Hill. A huge mansion on 16th and Aloha where Shaw has many children to play with. I get my first pet a hamster named Zergy, but he escapes and disappears after 3 days.
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I start school at the local elemantary school on 18th Ave E
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Shaw transfers to TOPS (The Option Program at Stevens) An alternative school that encouraged peer education and parental involvment.
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Third grade with Louise
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4th grade with teacher Lidia/ Shaw almost wins the class spelling bee
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Girls soccer league, I play for 3 years. My team name? The Blizzards
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Ages 12 to 18
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5th grade with Tom Rowe. Shaw is the Blue Fairy in the school play, Pinnochio. Learn the timetables
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Starting middle school at Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences (SAAS), a private school on Capitol Hill. Transition from big school to small school is difficult. Very self conscious and exrtemely emotional
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As a teenager, I start to become very self conscious and awkward. Especially around the opposite sex
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Become near sighted and have to get glasses
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Get first period
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Experimenting with alcohol, pot and cigarettes.
Change of friends and behavior -
Shaw goes to the Running Start program attending both college and High School. She enjoys the intellectual stimulation provided in college.
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Age 18 to 28
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Move out of mothers home and into own apartment.
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After a lot of hard work I finish the culinary school at Seattle Central and move to France to learn how to cook French cuisine.
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At 22 I decide to start running, by the summer I can run in a marathon
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At the age of 28 having learned all I can in France I move back to Seattle and start working as a sous chef
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28 to 40
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30 years old. It's time to start thinking harder about what I eat and how much.Because my cholesterol is high I stop eating fatty foods and try to make sure I do 30 minutes of exercise a day.
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I read the China Study and find out more about animal abuse and vegan diet. Because of this I stop eating all animal proteins.
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Having achieved expertise in my field I open a vegan restaurant that serves French style foods
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The restaurant is doing well but I feel that I want to try something new because the food industry is not the best retirement plan. I sell the business for a decent profit and decide to go back to school to learn about technology/computer sciences
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I meet a nice man at my new job at Microsoft and we end up getting engaged. because we met later in life we both understand what we want from a life partner
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My fiance and I tie the knot in a small ceremony at the Japanese Garden in the Seattle Arboretum
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My friends throw a big birthday party to celebrate my 40th birthday.
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40 to 60
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MA and my husband buy a house in the suburbs, meaning we have to commute to work
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High cholesterol concerns my doctor as heart disease runs in my family
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At 60 I start to notice that my eyesight is declining and I need bifocals
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60 to Death
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At the age of 67 it's time to retire. It's finally time to enjoy the garden and travel like I'vealways wanted to
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My husband passes away leaving me to take care of everything on my own. At the age of 78 I sell the house and move into a small condo even though it breaks my heart to leave my garden.
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Because of improvements in medical care I live a very long life. At the age of 90 a gargoyle falls on my head while I am visiting Notre Dame in one last trip to France. I am laid to rest in an elaborate vault in New Orleans Lousiana after a jazz funeral.
