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The First Two Years
The brain begins to develop. Sensation and motor skills begin to develop. my 1st words are said. I am connected to my mother. I can also cry and react to get the things I want and like. My senses are developing and i explore all the things around me that I can reach. I am beginning to say my first words and I am learning about the development of language. -
Early Childhood
Pre-school begins. I am learning to play with my neighbors and having fun playing house and pretend school. I cansay sentences and I know when I am in trouble. When I am five I started kindergarten. I am really starting to develop likes and dislikes for certain foods. I am beginning to understand that my mom may get upset with me and that there is consequences to my actions. -
Middle Childhood
I am able to real and write and play with my friends. I stay the night at my friends house and she spends the night at mine. We play together all the time. I like school and look forward to going. I like to read and I like history and social studies. During this time in school I did see alot of the other children being picked on. I didn't like this. I wondered why they were so mean to some of the kids. -
Adolescence
This is the beginning of puberty. I am growing really fast and my body is developing. I can figure out math at school even though i don't like it. I have alot of friends, but I have a best friend and we share everything. I go to church and I am trying to understand and figure out if there is a God. I ask my mom and she says yes, but can't tell me how she knows for sure. I am really close to my best friend and we do everything together. We stay close and try to keep each other out of trouble. -
Emerging Adulthood
I am finished with high school and am off to college. i am not sure what I want to be, and then i realize I want to be a nurse. I feel like I should be married but I am not ready yet. I finish college and start working and I love my choice of professions. I am out on my own with my own place and my own responsibilities. Some of my friends are having problems with drugs and I try to help, but they keep going back to using drugs. I work alot and wonder if I am going to settle down. -
Adulthood
Well here I am. I was married and have a grown son. I finally get to retire but it wasn't easy. I went back to school and finished my second degree and was able to teach nursing my last ten years of work. I am pround that my son is educated and on his own. I still miss my own mother and am always wanting to look to her for advice. I have learned to be much calmer as I have aged and not to worry about the little things. There is more that is important. -
Late Adulthood
So I am now eighty years old. I have become frail in the sense that my health has been failing. I have high blood pressure and I can't see to well anymore. I was able to travel for about ten years after I retired but now I am not able to. I enjoy my four grandchildren and love to see that they went to college and are working. I know I am a burden on my son and that is why he put me in a nursing home. I understand but O don't like it. he does come once a week to check on me. -
Epilogue
I am a bit relieved that my life is over. Sad to say because I loved my life, but not the last two years in a nursing home. Although I didn't talk much, I knew everything that was happening. I just died quietly in my sleep. It is sad to watch my son cry and feel his heart hurt, as well as my grandchildren. They have my photos and our memories together to help them through the grieving process.
