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I was born today!
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Learned to walk
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Met "Santa" and it abolutely terrified me
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I became a big sister! Mary Beth and I are 18 months apart and we are best friends.
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Ages 2-6
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I never went anywhere without my blankey
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Got the Chicken Pox from my sister right before preschool graduation.
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My first day of kindergarten
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Learned how to ride a bike with no training wheels
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First sleepover with best friend
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Lost my first tooth. I was proud
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Ages 6-11
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Learned about static electricity
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First communion in the second grade
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Broke my arm when I fell off my bike
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Learned how to play the flute
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Started playing on a softball team
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My first dog and I was responsible for feeding and walking him
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Got braces
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Ages 11-18
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Started high school, also my first time going to a public school
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I began having major mood swings and me and my mom did NOT get along
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Got my driver's license, and I was a little bratty when I complained about having to be seen driving the "cheap, old, and ugly" car my dad got me.
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First serious boyfriend
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Worked hard to granduate high school
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Decided to go to college
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Ages 18-25
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Moved out into my first apartment with 2 friends, and we each got puppies
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Dropped out of college so I could work full-time and have more money and freedom
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Quit job and got evicted from apartment
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Me and former acquaintance run into each other and start dating
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Started college where I left off and changed my major to Clinical Social Work
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Got pregnant
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Ages 25-65
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Me and Keith buy a house together
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Daughter born
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Got married
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Officially became a stepmother to a 5 year old boy, great relationship
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Started internship at Abaris Health Sober-Living
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Graduate from Schoolcraft with Associate's in Arts
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Stressors accumalate while I'm in a full-time accelerated Master's program, working part-time, and raising a 3 year old. I'm tired ALL the time
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Graduate Eastern with a Master's in Social Work
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Start a career in clinical social work to use my personal experience to help people struggling with substance abuse/mental health issues
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Move with family into new dream home
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Practical intelligence increases over time as I work with different clients with different needs and histories
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Start to notice more fine lines and wrinkles around my eyes :(
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My daughter leaves for college and I begin to have a midlife transition
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I become a grandma!
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Ages 65+
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Reaching retirement age, my husband and I retire and travel around the world.
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Start doing some volunteer work so I can be productive and happy with all the leisure time retirement gave me.
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My short-term memory starts to fade, so I have to start writing reminder notes to myself
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I start reflecting on the life I had, including my failures and accomplishments.
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Me and my husband have been married for 50 years!
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At 90 years old, some physical tasks are too difficult, so I move into an assisted living home.
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Diagnosed with cancer
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Reached the "acceptance" stage of dying
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It feels wrong and uncomfortable to predict my death, so I hope you can understand that this is the best I can do
