Personal Odyssey

  • About 10 Months Before I Was Born

    About ten months before I was born my older sister (who was 8 months at the time) passed away of CDH, from which she had been diagnosed since birth. My mom found out she was pregnant with me and my twin sister about three weeks later. It shaped my life because we still talk about her, bring flowers or her grave in her birthday, and wonder about what it would be like if she were still here. It was also a pivotal time in our families history as a whole because she brought a whole bunch of people t
  • Tornado at our Church

    When we were four there was a tornado at our church and it made my sister forever afraid of storms.
  • 4th Birthday

    On our fourth birthday our family moved from a rented house in Austin to our first purchase home here in Round Rock.
  • First Rollercoaster

    Before I went on the Superman at Six Flags I was a complete wimp and was scared to go on anything more scary than the swing ride. After that, I' decided to go on every roller coaster in the park.
  • 8th Birthday

    Just a little bit after after my birthday, my little brother was born. He's my only younger sibling (besides him I'm the youngest).
  • When my Dog Died

    In 5th grade my dog died that had been in my family since before I was born.
  • When my older sister moved to college

  • 10th Birthday

    This was when my sister and I got our dog Buddy
  • My Best Friend Moved Away

  • My Grandma Got Cancer

  • Memorial Day

    The Memorial Day weather seriously freaked my family out, (especially Anni who is terrified of tornadoes and storms) because there was a tornado really claps to put house and my stupid older sister's in Belton. Right after the sirens came on, she and her friends went rafting on the river by their house, so we were mainly freaking out about her.
  • My Great Grandfather Died

    When I was in fourth grade my great grandpa died of Alzheimer's.
  • My mom began subbing again