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Beginnings (prenatal development & birth)
The birth of Deanna McClure
The Beginning
I was born on September 26th, 1973 to Sarah McClure and Thomas Edwards. My weight was 6pds and 4oz. I was born at 4:03am after 14 hours of labor. She had me naturally with no pain medication. She said that they were getting ready to give her a C section because my heart rate was dropping, but by the time they came back to start it my head was coming out. My mother said that I was a full term baby and I was very healthy. -
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First Two Years
The first two years
I was breast feed for the first nine months.My mother said that I was a very good baby that didn’t cry much and did not use a pacifier. I started crawling at six months and walking at eleven. I was potty trained at 18 months old. My mother said that I did not like the potty so she had to train me on the toilet with a booster seat and a step stool. I liked to play by myself and I was very stingy with my toys. I had asthme and hospitalized with bacterial meningitis at two. -
Early Childhood
Early Childhood
I was a very quiet child that loved to be under my father. He took me with him everywhere he went except work. I would cry when he left for work because I could not go. I started school at age four. My dad would walk me to school every morning. One day I asked him to let me walk by myself and he said ok. I thought I was a big girl for that but my dad told me later that he followed me the whole way, LOL. Every time I would ask he would do that. I did good at school. -
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middle Childhood
Middle Childhood
I made a good friend named Tanegia that had a hearing problem so she talked a little funny. She wore a hearing aide in her left ear. We sat at the same table in school and we had so much fun together. She loved to color like me so we spent a lot of time coloring together. She taught me the whole alphabet in sign language. We were in the same class from 1st grade until fifth grade. We were best friends the whole time. We would spend a lot time at each others house after school. -
Adolescents
I had lots of friends in high school. Two of my best friend were two sisters named Kim and Monique. There nick names were K and Money. They thought I didn’t know how to fight when we first me because I was the quiet kid on the school bus. They jumped me and I held my own, by biting Kim’s finger so hard I almost bit is off and pulling Monique’s long hair until she had patches torn out of it. The funny thing is a few months after the fight we became the best of friends. -
Early Adulthood
I was so absorbed into being a great mother that I guess I did not see that I wasn’t giving Dwayne what he needed as a wife. We never argued we just started spending more and more time apart. I would come up for air when I got the kids sleep at night and realize that my husband did not come home from work on time. My social circle only consisted of my parents helping with babysitting so I could work and go to school and my husband. I had got into this routine trying to provide a good life. -
Adulthood
After getting tired of the distance that my husband was putting between us, I finally got the courage to talk to him about it. It was more like anger when he disappeared for two days and then came home like nothing was wrong. We didn’t argue we just agreed to separate. He kept paying the bills until I got the job as a nursing assistant. He was still showing up for his kids but the responsibility shifted more on me then anyone. I joined church and a whole new world opened up for my family. -
Late Adulthood
I am very big on family time so I hope my family continues to give me that time. We have lots of sibling on both sides and everyone has kids so there are lots of events to attend. We hope to still be able to attend all of the graduations, proms, sports activities, baby and bridal events. We have game night every Friday and hopefully we will still be doing that when I reach late adulthood. I want to still be taking family vacations that include my children and grandchildren. -
Death and Dying
The last project we did predicted that I would die at age 80. With my family history that is better than I would have predicted. Both of parents died in there 60’s from medical problems that are hereditary. I am eating right and watching my weight to try and prevent that from happening to me. I hope I pass away at home in my bed surrounded by my husband and children. That is what I am praying will happen. With my family history I will probably have a heart attack or stroke in my late 60’s.