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Born 3 days late via c-section. 9 pounds 11 oz.
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Had meconium poisoning from being born so late. Mother was infected too.
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Recovered and finally got to go home.
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Up for many nights crying, couldnt sleep. Possible effect from meconium poisoning.
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Became more aware of surroundings.
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Remained above in height and weight percentiles
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Was developing very quickly. Formula was not sufficient.
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Enjoyed most baby food.
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Became attached to my blanky. Slept with it every night. Took it places. Became very upset when blanky could not be found.
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Became very fussy baby at times.
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Said first word (mom)
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Everything looked greated. Teeth developing normally.
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Went to Florida
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Became friends with the two babies from my neighborhood.
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After getting a regular sleep schedule in my own bed, mood increases and tantrums decrease. Happier baby :)
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Always loved to doodle. Mother would bring a note pad and pen everywhere for me to scribble.
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Dressed self, fed self
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Loved the memory game and singing along to Barney.
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Potty trained early at 18 months.
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Started to really develop reading and social skills.
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Talked to everyone. Even strangers in the grocery store. I was a very social toddler.
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Sister Casey is born. 9 pounds 6 ounces.
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Attended fulltime day care everyday at Dearborn Christian Day Care.
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Started to become fairly independant. Didnt cry when being dropped off and started to like attending day care.
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Entered ice skating class at garden city ice arena.
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Took great interest in making crafts and painting.
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Took interest in baking and cooking. Helping mom to make meals and set table. Loved watching cooking shows.
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2 pet rabbits. Was responsible for taking care of them.
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Started first grade.
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Met first best friend Lauren in 2nd grade
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@ Mike Madono in Westland received 5th place
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Got a bunny rabbit. Had to take care of it on my own
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Started to go to Childrens World day camp in Dearborn every summer week day because my parents worked.
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First basketball try out. Made practice team third grade
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Had fear of death and parents dying
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In third grade my family got a new video recorder. I used it to make tons of movies with my friends, writing the scripts and directing
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Discovered love for roller coasters that summer
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The middle of fourth grade my parents told me and my sister that they were getting a divorce.
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After dating for 2.5 years, Joe and I broke up, during one of the most hardest times in my life.
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I was in fourth grade. I went to the office feeling sick right before the first tower was hit. My dad came to pick me up from school and told everyone that one of the world trade centers had been hit. By the time we got home the other one had been hit as well. We watched the news all after noon together.
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My grandma had been sick for a while with pancreatic cancer. She came to live with us. I gave her my room and she slept in there in a hospital bed. My mother/father had to take care of her. She moved out a month later because she became too ill.
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My mothers mom, Rita Bates. Passed away at home with everyone there.
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My mom was allergic to cats and I always wanted one but she would never allow it. When my grandma died, she decided to take her cat, MIttens in.
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The summer after my grandma passed, my aunt Cindy and uncle Bob and my 3 cousins came up from Florida in their RV. When they left, me and my younger sister Casey joined on the ride them back to Florida. We stopped in Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky to camp on the way. My sister and I stayed in Florida for two months that summer. I learned alot about myself and became more responsible living away from my mom and dad, with my younger sister.
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The beginning of 5th grade I had my first boyfriend, Shane.
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Played higher level basketball with the 6th graders
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First got the internet and aol instant messanger.
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My dad had got a new house with his new girlfriend Donna and her 5 kids. My sister and I started to go over there everyday after school. We became very close with Donna and her children.
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Dad marries Donna at Secretary of state. We do not attend the ceremony and either do her kids.
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6th grade camp in Wolverine Michgan. Stayed there for a week with classmates in a cabin. Woke up every morning at 6am, did chores, did challenges, crosscountry skied, sled outside in 4 ft of snow, learned how to survive in the wilderness and the wildllife. One of the most amazing experiences ive had.
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In the beginning of seventh grade I had become sad about my parents divorce and his new house/life.
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Also in 7th grade I started to make a new best friend, Becca, someone I had known since 1st grade. Becca and I are still best friends today.
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Took the test to get into Divine Child High School and passed.
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Graduated from St. Raphael in Garden City.
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Started to experience high anxiety about going to high school. Also experienced social anxiety in public.
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Started going into highschool. I was also so worried that I would never start because all my friends had years before me.
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First day at Divine Child. Was so nervous I puked before going to school. (embarassing)
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When I was in tenth grade, my sister and I started to develop more of a friendship. When she was younger she had been more attached to my mom.
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Dad remarries woman named Debbie. Dont attend this one either.
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Got my license and was able to drive my car.
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Dated friend Joe from school.
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Graduate from high school.
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The best concert I have ever seen. One of the best times of my life
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First job at Panera Bread.
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Visit dad at Oakwood Dearborn, he is in high spirits and is ready to face his treatment.
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Dad was moved to the ICU floor at Oakwood and is put on a ventilator. He had become very sick. We had to wear protective gowns, masks and gloves while visiting.
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Doctors revive him. Wife signs papers to not practice resuscitation if it happens again.
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After sitting down and talking with the doctors, the best decision was to take out the breathing tube, and letting him pass. We all got alone time with him, doctors removed the tube and then we all gathered in his room to watch him go peacefully. It was one of the saddest but most beautiful times of my life. We lost our father but he was free. And no longer in pain or struggle.
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Began to research eastern philosophy and grow a whole new appreciation for spirituality.
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Spent almost every weekend in Canada that summer. Great memories.
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Started a daily practice at home
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Started serving at Olgas.
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One of my best friends had broken both of his legs, his neck, and his arm in an almost fatal accident.
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After seeing my dad in the hospital, I had found what I needed to do for my career. I realized helping others is the job I want to do.
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Felt great to take classes again. Got in the lab with anatomy and chemistry and really started to fall in love with science.
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The first time I had been on skates in 5 years. It was a very special moment for me.
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Started to feel like me again, became more true to myself. Started to appreciate exisistence and accept the passing of my father.
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Went to highschool with Eric. Met him 3 years after I graduted at my best friends birthday party that night.
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Had interview at Dearborn Federal Credit union. Got the job that day.
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Started training at DFCU
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This is the day Eric asked me to be his girlfriend
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Went out with my friends downtown
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Sister graduates from Divine Child.
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Spent a few weeks upnorth in Bay City spending time with my father's parents.
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Went to Chicago by bus. Stayed for 5 days.
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My mothers sister cindy, The one who i spent my time in Flordida with had passed away.