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Max and I meet
This day I met the person who would be by my side through everything and I would do the same for him. To this day Max is still my friend, no matter what has happened we have worked through it. Max and I have been friends for more than ten years, but it feels like just yesterday I remember meeting him. He is all around the best friend I could ask for. -
Meeting Abagail
I met my friend Abagail in third grade, our friendship continues through this day. Meeting her was one of the best things that has ever happened to me. She's someone I am so thankful to have as a friend. In my tough times I can count on her to have my back, I can talk with her about anything and have been able to since we met as young children. Meeting her has made such a positive impact on my life. -
First Day Of High School
My first day of high school was the beginning of an awarding, but tough journey full of ups and downs, that would take me for a the biggest journey of my life so far. The following four years of my life up until this very day havs proved to reveal to me many things about myself and the world surrounding me. On this day I didn't realize what was yet to come, the first day of high school was the first day the door to the real world opened up to me, I'm glad to have made it this far. -
Kyeisha & Kids Move In
On this day my oldest sister and her three children moved in with us, The time I had with them was amazing, I connected with all three of the girls on a new level. I would get them ready for school in the morning and stay home to watch the baby girl some days. the time I started spending with them on this day will always be looked at in a good light. This day was the first day they got a piece of my heart they will always carry. -
Aaron's Birthday
This day was a big impact on my life because it was one of the first days I had begun to hang out with Aaron, he was a friend I will never forget. With Aaron I would go skating all the time, I learned to cope. The door in my life to a new passion, and coping method was opened this day. I still use skating as a coping method, and I think about the feeling I got this day when I first rode the Penny Boards with my friend. The wind through my hair, and the feeling of peace going through me. -
Reconnect With Mashyla
I had unexpectedly reconnected with my childhood friend Mashyla after 5 years of no communication. Reconnecting with Mashyla was a big moment in my life because she turned out to be someone I could lean on when things started getting tough. She was there was a struggling with early symptom of Bipolar Disorder and not I or anyone around me really knew how to deal with it. She was there through it all, that's really something amazing. I'm so thankful to have reconnected with her when I did. -
Father Moves to Arizona
My father moved to Arizona for a job opportunity while my mother and I were to share a house for the first time ever. I never thought it would have impacted life, but it ended up changing my life so much depending on strictly my mother while I was going through a manic breakdown. Being just her taking care of me I saw what a strong woman she really is. I admire her so much for what she did and continues to do, I could never ask for a better mother in my life. -
Diagnosed Bipolar Disorder
This day I was registered inpatient in the University of Iowa psychiatric ward, I was examined by multiple doctors to where they all came to the conclusion that I was to be diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. This day was a significant event because it was the beginning of continuous trial and error with medicine, therpist, and docotrs, and a new challenge for me and the people around me to handle. On this day i took one big step into learning a lot about myself and being in touch with my emotions. -
Aubrey Moves In
On this day my best friend Aubrey moves in, at the time it didn't seem like that big of a deal, but thinking back to it now that day I didn't realize how much of a positive impact she was going to leave. I was going to make a friendship that would make it through thick and thin. Aubrey would end up being there through all the tough times over the next through months, I have never been so thankful to meet a great person like Aubrey. She was always there by my side and I will always be by hers. -
Moved back to Arizona
This day we moved back to Arizona, my mother and I were leaving behind the lives we had made, all the good and bad, to start over again with my father. I didn't realize that this was the start to a new beginning, I had to rekindle the broken relationship with my father while fighting with my mental illness. To this day it is a battle, but I still keep taking it day by day
