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6.1a: My Family
I have a blended family where my dad has a daughter, Angela, from his previous marriage. Angela is my older half-sister. My dad married my mother when Angela was ten years old in 1995. Angela ended staying with her mother. Besides that, I have a small family of three, my dad, my mom, and me. Angela comes and visits me once every year. We were not close when I was younger because we had 10 years ‘gap between us but when I got older, we became closer. I consider her as my full sibling. -
4.3: Language
My native language is American Sign Language. I used a lot of gestures, my mom said that I liked to point a lot, especially at the milk bottle. However, I signed for the first time at ten months old. My first word was dad. I was born deaf and my parents learned how to sign for me so they taught me signs ever since I was born. So, that's how ASL is my native language. Also, language at school was ASL in my young years so ASL is something that has been in my life all the time. -
4.1: My First Memory
My first memory was when I was three years old. My mom was trying to put me into the car chair, but I didn't want to be in my car chair and scratched my mom’s face. She was really frustrated with me so I remembered it really clearly. I call the memory as one of my long-term memories because it was something that has been stuck permanently in my head for a long time. Besides that, I don’t remember anything about before I was three years old; it’s very vague so I call it infantile amnesia. -
4.2: Intelligence
One of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences; Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence was something I excelled at four years old. I was tumbling everywhere; my parents decided to get me involved in gymnastics. I loved doing cartwheels and learning how to do a variety of activities in gymnastics. I would alway try to show my parents what I can do.That was when I became an athlete. Bodily-kinesthetic is about being skilled at physical works. It was one of my strengths at four years old; still is. -
6.1b: My Birth Order
I was raised as an only child since my older half-sister that is ten years older lived with her mother. My birth order personality doesn’t match with the textbook where it mentions that only child’s characteristics are lack of self-control and dependency. I make good decisions and never got in trouble before. I do have self-control and I remember that I would always go and help people by sharing my toys and playing with other people when I was young. I didn’t consider myself as a spoiled brat. -
3.1: My Health
I was not hungry all the time and wasn't eating much at 14 years old. My doctor was concerned that I wasn’t getting enough nutrition because I l was underweight. She assumed I was developing anorexia nervosa disorder. She recommended that I need to eat food in high calories. A few weeks later, I wasn't getting better. My doctor discovered that my colon was full of feces by the result of my stomach x-ray. I was put on a med to empty my colon. My weight returned to normal and I was eating better. -
3.2: Older Adult Health
My grandpa had two of the chronic disorders, asthma and arthritis, for a long time. A nurse would come to grandpa’s home and help him to exercise to improve his arthritis He had an asthma mask as a treatment to help him breathe. However, he ended up having pneumonia and passed away. It has impacted me to work on my health better by seeing that grandpa loved to smoke and ate unhealthy food. I felt like he could have lived longer if he didn't smoke and ate healthier but he enjoyed his life. -
6.3a: Impacted by Death
My dog, Princess, of ten years passed away in 2014. I had a hard time accepting that Princess was dying since her heart was giving up on her. Kubler-Ross' stages of grief; I was in denial, couldn’t focus on school, and stayed at her side. I was bargaining to keep princess as long as possible by taking her to many different vets. I was depressed after she was gone. She was always at my side. Afer awhile, I accepted it by thinking about how she had a long and good life with her family. -
1.1 The Present
Hi, I am 21 but feels like I am in my 30s because I am always hanging out with older people and laid-back; my psychological age. ASL was my first language then I switched to SEE then back to ASL. Now, it’s all combined with PSE; my chronological process. My relationship with my sister is stronger now because we have 10 years gap between us but now I'm older so we are closer; my social process. My non-normative life event was getting a Cochlear Implant at 5 years old. I love hearing sounds today. -
2.1 "Fertility"
I'm 25 and overweight so it is harder for genes to create proteins that help fertilization to happen. Losing weight will help to increase the fertility to allow me to become pregnant. I have a thyroid disease so it is affecting my hormones which are causing the infertility. My husband also has the disease and I don't want it to be a dominant-recessive gene for my kid so it's causing me some stress. I am discussing with my doctor to look at options of how to be able to improve my fertility. -
6.2: Learning Disability
I found out that my child has Dyslexia that affects his understanding how to spell and read. I would research more about Dyslexia to understand him better and help him to improve reading ability by reading the assignments or things slow or repetitive and be patient. I will make sure that there are teachers that are willing to have time to sit with him and help him with reading and spelling by explaining the instruction in reading for period of time and offer him plenty of time to understand. -
6.3b: My Death
I want to be cremated then my family can spread my ashes at my favorite hiking place, Franklin Falls. My family can mourn my death by celebrating my life by thinking about good times. My family’s usual tradition is to have a big festival with a lot of food after the funeral. They also would show pictures of the person's life through the years. I would like them to do that after my death. That way, they can look at the memories they made with me. I also would like them to wear my color, purple.