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Jody and Cynthia Miller welcome their daughter, Jenna Elizabeth Miller.
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I began grasping, staring and listening.
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I began to develop reflexes such as sucking, grasping, staring and listening.
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I began to coordinate my reflexes. I began to suck on a pacifier differently from a nipple. I also would grab a bottle to suck on it.
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At roughly six and a half weeks old I began to coo.
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The voice, touch, expressions and gestures of my mother and father were comforting and made me less likely to cry.
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At about two-three months old I could smile and look more intently at human faces. I would also try and grab objects within my reach.
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At three monthd old I paid attention to patterns, colors, and motion. I also looked more closely at parts of the face that contain the most information.
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At about four months old my auditory cortex is rapidly creating and pruning dendrites.
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When I was about five months old, I could slowly inch around on my belly. I was able to use my arms and legs.
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I would repsond to people and objects. For example when my mom said patty-cake, I would clap my hands.
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At five-seven months old, I could sit unsupported. I could also reach, grab, and hold onto almost any object.
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I would deliberately and purposefully respond to people and objects. I would intentionally grab my mothers hands to clap so we could do patty cake.
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I had major seperation anxiety from my mom. If anyone held me, I would cry. My mother always made me calm and I liked having her near by.
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At about eight-ten months old, I became somewhat mobile. I learned to crawl.
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At about ten months I said my first word, uh oh.
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At this age, I was really into my baby does. I however how very creative at this age and used to color on their faces to "add make up."
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At about fourteen months old, I could walk all by myself.
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I liked to take baths with my barbies but after they would always be wet. So before putting them in the bath after that I would hesitate.
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At about 2 years old: my vocabulary was about 100-2,000 words, sentence length was about 2-6 words and had many "What's that?" questions.
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At about two years old I could walk up stairs, draw lines and spirals, run for pleasure without falling, climb chairs and feed myself with a spoon.
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At this age, I loved to read and play with barbies. My mom would always read to me at night and also play barbies with me however she never followed my story so I would get angry with her.
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When I was about three years old, I absolutely loved to draw. It expressed my creativity and also worked on my motor skills.
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At about 3 years old I could kick and throw a ball, pedal a tricycle, walk down stairs and climb ladders.
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At about 3 years old: my vocabulary was about 1,000-5,000 words, sentence length was about 3-8 words and had lots and lots of "Why?" questions.
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At about four years old I could: use scissors to cut, hop on either foot, feed myself with a fork, dress myself, copy most letters, our juice without spilling and brush my teeth.
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At about 4 years old: my vocabulary was about 3,000-10,000 words, sentence length was 5-20 words and was at the peak of my "Why?", "How?", and "When?" questions.
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Reading and Math. In reading I could understand basic book concepts, including that English books are written from front to back, with print left to right, that words describe pictures, and I could recognize my own name. When I was four I thought my name was girl. In math I could count to 20, understand one-to-one correspondence of objects and numbers, understand more and less, and recognize and name shapes.
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When I was four, I began my first year of preschool and I loved it!
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When I was four and in preschool, one day I didn't want to wear the outfit my mom had picked out for me. I threw a fit because I wanted to wear a dress. I had a huge obsession with dresses.
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My little brother, Brandon Miller, was born on this day.
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At about five years old I could: skip and gallop in rhythm, use a knife to cut, tie a bow, throw a ball and wash my face and come my hair.
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At about five years old: my vocabulary was 5,000-20,000, sentence length were sometimes unending and I asked questions about differences.
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Memory advances- I could realize that some things needed to be committed to memory and I would use simple strategies for example repeating it again and again. Dancing definetly helped with this because I would have to do the dance steps over and over to remember then.
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At about six years old I could: write simple words, ride a bike, tie my shoes and catch a ball. I never learned how to do a cartwheel and still can't.
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In reading, I knew the sounds of consonants and vowels, and I could read simple words such as cat, dog, sit and jump. In math I could count to 100, understand bigger and smaller, add and subtract one-digit numbers.
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During these ages, I always wanted to make my parents proud. I would bring home my good test scores or a picture i drew and my parents would put it on the fridge and that made me feel really good.
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Between these ages physical acivity has several benefits. I played soccer and danced, hese benefits included: better overall health, less obesity, appreciation of cooperation and fair play, improved problem-solving abilities, and respect for teammates and opponents of many ethnicities and nationalities.
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Between ages 6 and 11 I recieved a weekly allowance, I had specific chores at home, had lots of homework, got to use computers in school and got my own cat.
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Memory Advances- I would use new strategies that I was taught. For example when practicing writting, my teachers would have use write the sentences over about 3 times. I would use visual clues and auditory hint. I became able to take advantage of the organization of things to be remembered.
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In reading, I could read simple sentences, understand basic punctuation, and comprehend what is read. In math I could add and subtract two-digit numbers, and understand simple multiplication and division. In math we would have to do timed tests.
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In 1999, I was in the second grade. In second grade I could decode words with common prefixes and suffixes, measure the length of an object twice, using different units of length for the two measurements; describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen.
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Memory Advances- I learned various memory teachniques from my teachers and other children. I could also organize material by myself and develop my own memory aids. For example, I have a photographic memory so by lookings a picture for a couple seconds I could commit it to memory.
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In reading I could read paragraphs and chapters, understand advanced punctuation, answer comprehension questions about concepts as well as facts and read polysyllabic words. In math at the age of ten I could: add, subtract, multiply and divide multidigit numbers, understand simple fractions, percents, area and perimeter of shapes and understand word problems.
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In 2000, I began third grade. In the third grade I could decode multisyllabic words, understand division as an unknown-factor problem.
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I met my best friend Brittany when I was 11. She is like a sister to me. She definitely changed my life.
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When I was in fifth grade, I got my first "real" boyfriend or so I thought at the time. He gave me a box of roses on Valentines Day. It lasted a month but seemed like a lot longer.
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In reading I could demonstrate rapid and fluent oral reading, comprehend paragraphs about unfamiliar topics, sound out new words and find out their meaning using cognates and context and read for pleasure. At these ages I loved to read! At twelve years old in math I began to use abstract concepts such as formulas in algebra.
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In 2004, my parents told my brothers and I that they were getting a divorce and this would change my life forever.
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When I was 16, most of my guy friends were older than me. At sixteen is when I had my first sip of alcohol.
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At age eightteen I met my first serious boyfriend. He was six years old than me. We dated for about a year and a half and it was a whirlwind relationship. He was my first love. We fought all the time but this relationship taught me so much.
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In 2009, at the age of 18, I graduated from Novi High School.
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I began my first semester at Schoolcraft Community College.
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At 22 I transfered to Eastern Michigan University to further my education.
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In 2015, when I was 24 I got engaged!
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On this day, I finally graduated from college. I couldn't wait to finally become a teacher!
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In my first year at Eastern, I met my future husband.
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I finally landed a teaching job. I'm a second grade teacher and I am so happy.
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On this day, I was married to my best friend and soul mate.
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On this beautiful day, we welcomed the birth of our first child, a boy named Miles Ross. He is a healthy chubby baby.
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We welcome our daughter today, Elizabeth Kay. Her brother couldn't be happier to have a sibling.
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We welcomed our third child, a baby girl, named Kaylee Ann.
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After giving birth to three children, I wanted to live long and healthy for them. At age 34, after the end of the school year, I began to exercise and eat healthy.
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My husband and I just celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. we are so happy.
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My mother moves in with my family so we can care for her.
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At age 50, I celebrated being a teacher for 25 years!
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Today, I welcomed my first grand child. My husband and I are definitely companionate and involved grandparents.
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My husand and I finally have a empty nest. Our children have all moved out and have launched their lives. My mother is now in a home with full time care.
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After 40 years of teaching, I retire. My teaching career was amazing but now it is time for me retire.
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Since I am now retired I took up a new hobby, gardening.
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At age 70, I have several grandparents and I am so happy I am able to spend as much time I can with them. To this day, I am still best friends with Brittany, we've been best friends for 58 years!
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My husband has been diagnosed with alzheimers. We begin to sell our house so we can move into assisted living.
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At 80 years old, it was time that my husband and I moved into assisted living. It allowed us to have full time care, be around other people our age and do special activities.
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When I was 85, my husband passed away. The grief was unbearable.
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After 91 years of life, I had passed away.