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Birth
I was born on June 14, 2002. This is Flag Day, so my family made little American Flags for me and brought them to the hospital. I was the third and final child my parents had thankfully. While I don't remember much of it, I'd assume it was a pretty important day in my life. I was born at 8:05 AM and brought home 4 days later. -
When I Won $100,000
This was when I was 2 years old. I was stubborn and didn’t want to eat my grilled cheese for lunch. The TV remote seemed like a good place to channel my anger so I threw it, and out popped a Purple Battery labeled WINNER. We had no idea what it could mean. My parents would have thrown the battery capable of winning $100,000 out of it weren’t for my temper tantrum. I was put in the Ripleys Believe it or Not Book of that year and on NBC a bit later. -
My First Time In Florida
My family and I boarded the plane and went on to Florida. We visited my cousins and stayed at the Nickelodeon Hotel where we then went to visit some Alligators and go to the beach. This trip taught me a valuable lesson, to cherish family, whether they live next door to you, or hundreds of miles away. Family is very important and visiting them, or seeing them after years apart is one of the nicest feelings in the world. -
When I Came Home To My Dog
My Mom's plan for having all of us go to my Brother's baseball practice was a little odd for me when I was 5 years old. We drove home, and little did we know that my Mom would be sitting on out front steps with a little Golden Retriever. 2 months old, this fluffy dog had so much energy. He would run around the house and bit at my shirts. We ended up naming him Rocket to his never ending energy. My Dad was the most surprised, because he had no idea it was happening at the time. -
My First Broken Arm
Playing on the swings was an almost daily thing for me, but one night I brought up the courage to jump off the swing at a super high height. Nudged on by my Brother, Sister, and Cousin, I pumped and pumped until I was as high up as I could go. I took a leap of faith and landed straight on my arm. What my Mom told me about her perspective was that she was washing the dishes when she heard me scream. She kept washing and just hoped it wasn't me who screamed. It ended up being broken. -
Most Embarrassing Moment
My Cousin's 13th birthday party was an odd one for me, because as we were playing tag, I accidentally fell and grabbed my cousin's pants and they ripped. She ran to her dad and told him what I had done. I walked inside after brushing off my arms and such after falling, and he jumped out from behind me and pulled down my pants to get revenge on me for what I "purposely" did to my cousin. 12 year old me ended up blushing, running home and crying. This is why I don't like family gatherings as much. -
The Saddest Moment In My Life
My Grandma was a very important part in my life. She was a big part in keeping my faith in Christianity alive and also gave me many reasons to excitedly await her arrivals on some special weekends and some family gatherings. This was the day she passed. I won't say that other people that had passed away in my life mean less to me than she did, but I could barely walk into the funeral home. I was terribly hurt and don't think I stopped crying that entire day. -
Going To California
In my awkward stage in my life, my family decided to drag me to California. I had lots of fun there don't get me wrong, I got to pet my favorite animal, a penguin, swim with dolphins, go to the zoo, and other fun things like that, but looking back on it I felt like I was a little too much. Some good memories were formed there like getting to ride in my Aunt, Uncle, and Cousin's rental car, a Dodge Challenger, and walking around the streets of California at night after dinner. -
My Dad's Accident
This has to be up there with the worst days of my life, if not number 1. My dad worked for a cable and construction company pretty much all of his adult life. One night my Dad was working late, we got a call while we were eating dinner. All I remember was my Mom's face, filled with anger and worry. My Aunt and Uncle came to our house that night while my Mom went to the hospital. My Dad's boss had run over his leg with an excavator, and it had to be amputated. It was later that night I found out. -
My First Job
My Aunt and Uncle live in Waccabuc, and they aren't really on the short side of money, so they belong to a Country Club, and are really good friends with the Gold Pro, and pretty much boss of the place, Martin. My first day on the job was a bad one, the 3rd of July, which was considered to be 4th of July weekend. Many golfers came and many clubs had to be cleaned. I tore my shoulder putting a bag on the top shelf, and had to go to the hospital. I have however, worked there for the past 3 years. -
When I Got My Cat
My Brother worked at Verizon at the time, and he heard from his coworker that another Verizon store had a litter of kittens. He ended up getting one and calling my Mom the same day saying "Mom, I'm going to be a father." A cat wasn't so bad after that horrible joke, and my parents gave in. His name is Chester and him and my dog Rocket didn't really get along, he lived in the basement until Rocket passed away. He is definitely on the weird side, even for a cat, but I've learned to love him. -
Getting 250K Views On A YouTube Video
15 year old me with the ambition of becoming a famous YouTuber, came up with a pretty unique idea that no one has seen before. I play a lot of video games, and in one of them, playing and winning grants you the option to buy a golden variant of the weapon 1 of 28 characters has. Instead of buying this for myself, as this would be a normal thing, I called for my Mom, who had no knowledge on the game to do it. It ended up becoming a trending video in the category for quite some time. -
First Time Out Of The Country
The Bahamas was definitely the best trip I've ever taken in my life, and that's because I remember it. I had the parts of my brain developed where you can actually remember things, as most of my previous vacations I didn't. This was my first time out of the country. Staying in Atlantis, my family and I had a great time staying by the pool, going to dinner, and going to the aquarium in the resort. A leisure vacation is sometimes what I like, as long as there are other options than the beach.
