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The Great Migration
After living in Colorado for under a year. We packed up in move to Texas -
Birth
I was born in a triumphant struggle of pain. -
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Past
My story so far. -
Small Town
Moved from Dallas to Wolfe City. Where we would be stuck for approximately 13 years. -
Knowledgeable Life
At the age of 3 (possibly 4 <2005>) I started school in Wolfe City. I was put in early so I was held in Pre K for a year until I was in the grade where I was supposed to be. -
Part 3: Lost Time
After my sister inflamed my RA, which had been dormant until her, I was unable to walk for a year and had to get weekly shots and monthly hospital visits. I couldn't walk, I was no longer able to play any type of sports, I got to enjoy the luxuries of being a fat kid, and the list goes on and on. From that moment on I was confided to the couch, spending my childhood watching shows like Happy Days and Mork and Mindy. My parents would later used it as an excuse for any purpose as they could. -
Part 1: Irrelevancy?
I was sitting in my parents room one night watching TV while they had friends over and occupied the living room. My sister and her friend were on top of the bed jumping. My sister, being the genius she is, decided to jump off the bed and reach out to land on my leg. That seemingly irrelevant moment impacted my childhood. The next night my left knee had swollen up and I told my mom. Being her usual self, she ignored me and said it's fine. -
Part 2: Crippled Counts
Later that week, my sister and I were sitting in the backseat as our mom drove us to school. As my sister and I compared the different sizes of my knees, my mom turned to see what we were talking about. After ignoring me for a week, she panicked upon seeing my left knee big enough to engulf the right. The problem persisted and my mom, realizing it wasn't getting better, finally relented and brought me to the hospital. At the age of 7 years old, I was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. -
Part 4: Uplifting
Near the end of Elementary, I was in remission for arthritis. I no longer had to get weekly shots and monthly hospital visits. However, my mom would never withdrawal this from her arsenal of excuses. The arthritis never faded away. I would later get psoriasis, a symptom of arthritis, along with more. There is currently no cure for arthritis and research shows that you're never truly free from it, it never goes away. It's something I do not like to bring up, but I felt as if it belong in this. -
Moving On Up
Starting at 6th grade, I entered Middle School. -
This Time Together
It was this moment that you saw on TV and that every adult with no life fondly recalled as the happiest moments they ever had. I was entering High School. 4 years left to go... -
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Present
My current "adventures." -
Coming Home
After coming up to CO for many years during the summer and staying with family, and pushing my parents to move here since the 3rd grade, they finally decided to move here. Of course, it wasn't until my sister was onboard with the idea and my childhood was wrapping up, only with two years of school after spending it in the same place since I started. After flying back from CO, I spent two weeks there, packing and saying goodbye before leaving that godforsaken "town" before moving to Canon City. -
Begin Again
After spending every year in the same place since Pre-K, I started school here. Starting on the first day for Juniors, I knew almost nobody and had to begin again from scratch, guiding myself though this new adventure. I discovered new opportunities. I would later meet new "friends" (I have no friends) who I like better than most of the people I knew, even though I'm not really close to any of them here. Although I still don't enjoy my (nonexistent) life, it's far better than previously. -
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Future
The story's not over. -
How Do You Say Goodbye?
In approximately 14 months, I'll be graduating and moving on to college, starting a new life. I have absolutely no clue what to do after I pass that point. But hopefully I'll realize it before falling off that cliff. -
New Beginnings
After graduating from high school, I plan on going to college. I plan on this being a beginning of what will be a full life. May God let this one be far better than PCC or any community college my parents try to stick me in. -
Day of Degree
After the default 4 years of attending college, I'll receive my degree and start a new life on my own. Leading my own path across this world. Everything I do during college and probably at this current point of time must build up for this moment if I'm going to get anywhere in life. To leave my own legacy. -
Scenario 3: (Default & Final): Goodnight
After living my life, it's safe to say that I will die. Whether this is by old age, sickness, car wreck, etc. Leaving isn't the important part here. The importance of this moment is how I lived my life. Which scenario did I live by? What did I leave behind me? -
Scenario 2: Fading Away
Not every story has a happy ending. Many people dream about becoming nights and princesses, and becoming billionaires and movie stars. That has never been the likely outcome. The scary possibility of never being anywhere, and surrendering to the downfall of society, is much to real. If I never get anywhere in life, this is the path I fear. Whether it's wasting your life away or never accomplishing life goals, it's how you fade from this Earth that will end your happy ending. -
Scenario 1: Legacy
I plan on making it somewhere in life. Whether its being a billionaire, a leader, a symbol, etc., I want to accomplish something in life. To live The American Dream. I want more than where I am now. To live a full life. To achieve my happy ending. I'm not sure what that will be but it must be something big. I want to leave my legacy.
