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My parents met and got married in Englewood, FL. After getting married, my dad immediately joined the Air Force and my parents were sent to an Air Force base in San Antonio, TX.
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Born at 11:50 PM
7 lbs and 21 inches
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Learning objects and saying 1-2 word phrases
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I never crawled....just skipped to walking :)
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Bobby was also born in San Antonio, TX
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My parents always called me "Pretty Shannon" so I would dance in the mirrors saying "Pretty Shannon" only I couldn't pronounce it correctly...therefore it came out... "Tippy-Danna"
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The Air Force reassigned my dad to Azores, Portugal
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Hannah was born in Portugal and had dual citizenship automatically until she turned 18.
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I can remember not being allowed to watch a cartoon because my mom didn't like it and I remember being at a friend's house and watching that cartoon in portuguese. I couldn't understand what they were saying...but I remember thinking it was cool that I was watching this cartoon that I wasn't allowed to watch at home.
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The Air force again moves our family and we move to Enid, Oklahoma
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During this school, my parents are informed by my teacher that I have a speach impediment. I had speach therapy for this entire school year and that was completely corrected.
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Playing with my friends, just 2 days before leaving Oklahoma, I fell and broke my arm. I still remember how bad it hurt and I remember feeling like I was to get sick for a long time.
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The United States Air Force had over hired and offered a number of their officers "Early Ritirement". After 9 years of service, my dad chose to retire from the Air Force and our family moved to Florida.
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I remember a lot from this point of my life on. Because we lived in Florida for all of my school years, I start meeting friends that I will have through Hish School at this Elementary School.
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All of our cousins and aunts and uncles stayed the night at our grandparents house (this house was huge!!) I remember on of our aunts taking us to bed and trying get us all to go to sleep there was 6 of us cousins total. All of a sudden we here "Santa" stomping around on the roof and we hear bells ringing, which our aunt tells us that those are the reindeer's bells. This is such a fond memory.
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I only did cheerleading for 1 season
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My siblings and I start attending Port Charlotte Christian school and we will attend here for the following 5 years.
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Throughout a majority of my school years, I remember my dad working multiple jobs to provide for us, anywhere from 2-4 jobs at a time.
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This is the 1st time I remember seeing my mom cry. This was also the 1st of many losses in our family that I will experience.
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I competed with my private school for the remainder of the time I atteneded Port Charlotte Christian School.
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This is the 2nd death in my mom;s immediate family in a very short time. I can remember this time in our lives being very sad and consumed with caring for several sick family memebers.
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I got my my 1st job at 14 yrs old at a grocery store call Winn Dixie. I was hired as a bagger. I worked about 14 hours a week, usually only on the weekends.
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My mom's mom, Joann Rossi was diagnosed with Lung cancer and her health declined very rapidly. My mom took my siblings and I out of Christian school and decided to homeschool us while we all lived at my grandma's house. My grandma was sick for only 6 months before she passed away.
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Because I was now 15 years old, I could work more hours and at Dunkin Donuts, I also madhourly pay.e cash tips on top of my
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This was devestating not only to my mom but also for me, I was very close to my grandma, this death was a really hard thing for our entire family to get through.
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My neighbor, a family who I was close to, I babysat their children for years, sold me their car for $100 a great deal! This car was worth more than $5000 at the time. The car just sat and waited for me to turn 16.
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I was always too eager to be an adult and get to do "adult things". I was very excited and happy to be able to drive alone.
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When I tuened 16, I was able to become a cashier and work more hours by law. I was told about an opening at Kmart by a friend from school, so I started working there after giving two week notice to Dunkin Donuts.
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After my grandma passed away, my mom stopped homeschooling us and I went back to public school for the 1st time since Elementary school. This was a scary yet exciting time in my life.
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It became difficult to work at Kmart due to co-workers and fellow students, I chose to go back to Dunkin Donuts. During high school, I didn't do anything extra through school, I worked as much as I could and hung out with friends in my spare time.
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This was a huge accomplishment to me, one at times that I thought was never going to happen.
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I had dropped out of my first year of college while living in Florida alone. I partied a lot. I missed my family and realized I needed to be close to them.
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I complete 2 semesters, but felt like I couldn't afford to continue and preferred to work and go out with friends.
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This was a huge surprise, but I was happy!
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Riley being born changes my entire life. My goals in life shift to being the best mom and provider for my son possible.
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I enroll and begin taking full time classes at Schoolcraft. At the same time, Riley's father and I are going through a terrible breakup and custody battle begins in court.
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My dad's mom, Sharon Wright, has only been sick for less than 12 months. Although we know she is sick, she passes much sooner than any of us expected.
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My dad lost both of his parents within 3 months. This is a very difficult time.
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Finally with my school done and our lives calming down a little, I meet someone and get married.
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