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Conception
After trying to celebrate their wedding anniversary, my parents make me -
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Beginnings
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Birth
After a rough delivery I am finally here! 7 lbs. 3 oz. and 21 inches -
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First 2 years
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Crawling
Biosocial -
Books
Cognitive...enjoyed looking at books with my mom -
First Birthday
Walking by this time...biosocial -
Second Birthday
Psychosocial...potty trained -
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Early Childhood
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Talking
Psychosocial, Family stopped responding to my points and gestures and forced me to use my voice. -
Preschool
Cognitive...learned my ABCs and counting -
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Middle Childhood
Years 6-11 -
"Reading"
Biosocial...following print on pages of books in the appropriate direction -
Little Brother
Psychosocial/cognitive....my mom gave birth to my little brother. I am no longer the baby in the family. -
Ear aches
Biosocial...had several severe ear infections, lead to tubes being places in the ears and a slight hearing loss in my right ear...missed a lot of Kindergarten as a result. -
Reading
Cognitive...discovered a passion for reading...had a high reading comprehension -
Best Friends
Psychosocial.... Met my life long best friend, Tina -
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Adolescence
Years 11-18 -
Brother's children
Psychosocial and later in my life Cognitive/psycosocial....My nephew (Rex) was born he was the fourth of eight children born from my brother and his wife... -
Soccer team
Biosocial....I tried out and made my high school girls' soccer team. I was even called up to play on Varsity for a few games. -
Boyfriend
Biosocial...had my first "real" boyfriend, became intimate... -
School Senate
Cognitive...I was a senator in my school's student governmemt program. -
Breakup
Biosocial....broke up with my first real boyfriend...he was adding to stress of school and was controlling, the beginning of my recognized depression -
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Emerging Adulthood
Years 18-25 -
Graduation
Cognitive...finished high school and went off to Eastern, made it half a year and came home -
Brother's children
Psychosocial...My nephew (Griffin) was born, number 7 of my brother's children -
Brother's Children
Psychosocial...My niece (Lillis) was born...the last of my brother's eight children -
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Adulthood
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Work
Cognitive...Began my first "adult" job at Rosy's Romper Room...a children's daycare center -
A Mother's Pain
Biosocial/psychosocial...I suffered my first and only miscarriage -
Heartache
Cognitive/psychosocial....my boyfriend was killed in a motorcycle accident...one more stressor added to my like -
Mom
Biosocial/Psychsocial...gave birth to my son -
Big Family
Cognitive/psycosocial...I took in my niece and two nephews, from my brother. I became their legal guardian. My mother also moved in with me and my son. Now we are a family of six living together. -
Loss
Psychosocial....mom passed away from cancer -
Trick or Treat
Biosocial/psycosocial...entered into an intimate and meaningful relationship, something that I had been denying myself for years... -
Hardest Decision
Cognitive/psychosocial....after five years I decided to give my niece and nephew back to their father, my brother. I was emotionlly drained and could no longer financial support them. -
Cancer
Biosocial/cognitive...had my thyroid removed due to having thyroid cancer...medicine for the rest of my life and the scare of having cancer, cause added stress in my life. -
Schoolcraft
Cognitive....enrolled in college to obtain my degree -
Coping
Cognitive...I have had and continue to have a lot of stress in my life...I am becoming more aware of my stressors and finding was to cope and handle my stress. -
Hair
Biosocial...I have more gray hair tham I would like, but I am too young to color it! -
Weight
Biosocial...constantly battling my weight, but I feel healthy and happy. -
A new home
Biosocial and psychosocial... My son and I moved in with my boyfriend -
Associate degree
Cognitive...I received my associates degree in liberal arts, now onto Eastern -
Teacher
Cognitive nad psychosocial...I am officially a teacher. -
Graduation
Psychosocial...My son graduates from high school with honors and an athletic scholarship...on to State! -
Last graduation
Psychosocial...my son has graduated from college. Very proud and happy. -
No more teaching
Biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial...decided to quit teaching. Going to stay at home to spend more time with family and pursuing my passion to write. -
Wedding
My son married his true love -
Grandma
I became a grandma for the first time.....psychosocial -
Skin
Biosocial...my skin is wrinkled around the eyes and forehead, and my hands are appearing "old" -
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Late Adulthood
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New lessons
Cognitive...took an art class for the first time, I'm learnig to make pot and bowls from clay. -
Bones
Biosocial...my knees and my right hip give me lots of trouble, need to use a cane on somedays... -
Lost Love
The man I had chosen to live my life with passed away...psycosocial and biosocial -
Great Grandma
I have finally become a great grandma...Psychosocial -
Death
Just shy of my 100 birthday, I pass away peacefully surounded by loved ones....biosocial and psychosocial