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Prenatal Development
My mother begins to feel me kicking. I weight about 20oz. -
Birth
I was born today in Troy, NY. I was 7lb 13oz and 19 1/2 inches. -
The First Two Years: Psychosocial
I am baptized and introduced to the family. My mother passes me around to see everyone. -
The First Two Years: Biosocial
I took my first steps at 9 months old at the Detroit Zoo. -
The First Two Years: Cognitive
I speak my first recognizable words at 10 months. -
The First Two Years: Cognitive
By my first birthday my mom tells me I was singing happy birthday to myself. -
Early Childhood: Psychosocial
My brother is born and I watch my parents hold him. -
Early Childhood: Pyschosocial
We move to Michigan to be closer to family. -
Early Childhood: Psychosocial
I start preschool and have my first playdate. -
Early Childhood: Biosocial
I start learning Irish Dance. -
Early Childhood: Cognitive
I'm the only one who can understand my brother. He suffers from speech impairments but I seem to understand him fine. -
Early Childhood: Psychosocial
I start kindergarden and make my first friend -
Early Childhood: Biosocial
I learn to tie my shoes with the help of my mom. -
Early Childhood: Cognitive
My mom says I was a big talker at this age and asked every why question imaginable. -
Middle Childhood: Cognitive
I learn to read childrens books. -
Middle Childhood: Psychosocial
My parents get divorced and my mother raises us. I learn to adjust to a one parent home. -
Middle Childhood: Biosocial
I am swimming on my own thanks to swimming lessions. -
Middle Childhood:Psychosocial
My mom gets remarried and I know have a step-dad and two older step-brothers. I learn to adjust to being a middle child. -
Adolescences: Biosocial
At 11 years old I was 4'6" tall when I went to the doctors. -
Adolescence: Cognitive Development
We got our first home computer, where I learned how to use the interent and email. -
Adolescences: Biosocial
My appendix became inflammed and I underwent surgery for its removal. -
Adolescence: Cognitive Development
I start drivers ed and learn how to drive when I'm 15 years old. -
Adolescence: Psychosocial
I got my first job at McDonalds. There I learned what it meant to work with customers. -
Adolescence: Biosocial
I have grown to 5'3" tall. -
Adolescence: Psychosocial
I went to my senior prom with friends and my date. -
Adolescence: Psychosocial
I graduate from High School and walk during the ceremony. -
Emerging Adulthood: Biosocial
I start having seasonal allergies, something I've never dealt with before. -
Emerging Adulthood: Biosocial
My wisdom teeth are coming in and becoming a problem. I have all four removed. -
Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive
I finish my Associates Degree in Science from Schoolcraft College. -
Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial
My older step-brother Kyle passes away from an overdose at 22. -
Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive
I go back to Schoolcraft College to persue a nursing degree. -
Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive
I completed a nursing assistant training program and got into the Nursing ADN program at Schoolcraft College. -
Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial
I get a job as a nursing assistant at a nursing home in livonia. -
Adulthood: Cognitive
I take my RN exam for my nursing lisence. -
Adulthood: Cognitive
I graduate from Schoolcraft College with a nursing degree. -
Adulthood: Psychosocial
I get my first job as RN in a hospital. -
Adulthood: Psychosocial
I get married at a small ceremony. -
Adulthood: Biosocial
At 33 I have my first child, a girl. -
Adulthood: Biosocial
At 35 I have my second child, a son. -
Adulthood: Psychosocial
My son starts pre-school, I help out in the classroom once a week. -
Adulthood: Cognitive
At 42 I go back for my masters in nursing. -
Adulthood: Biosocial
At 46, my eyesight has started to go and I need reading glasses. -
Adulthood: Psychosocial
My daughter has started dancing competitively and I begin carpooling to different cities for competions. -
Adulthood:Psychosocial
My mother dies in car accident. -
Adulthood: Biosocial
At 53 I begin to go through menopause. -
Adulthood: Cognitive
I pick of nitting as a hobbie. I take classes at a local craft store. -
Adulthood: Psychosocial
At 60, I retire from nursing. -
Adulthood: Psychosocial
I become a grandmother for the 1st time. -
Late Adulthood: Psychosocial
My son has twins giving me two more grandchildren. -
Late Adulthood: Biosocial
I have catarack surgery to remove cataracks in both eyes. -
Late Adulthood: Biosocial
At 70, I go through knee replacement surgery on my bad knees. -
Late Adulthood: Psychosocial
I volunteer at a local hospital to keep myself busy. -
Late Adulthood: Psychosocial
I take my grandchildren to the zoo with their mother every week. -
Late Adulthood: Biosocial
I begin to suffer from high blood pressure and begin to take medication for it. -
Late Adulthood: Cognitive
I take up puzzles as a hobbie. -
Late Adulthood: Psychosocial
My husband of many years dies of colon cancer. -
Late Adulthood: Cognitive
I've stopped driving and moved in with my daughter for help. -
Late Adulthood: Cognitive
At 88, my reaction times are show and I've lost hearing in one ear. I wear a hearing aid. -
Late Adulthood: Psychosocial
My brother dies of natrual causes after a bad case of pneumonia. -
Late Adulthood: Psychosocial
I've moved into an assisted living facility so I can have 24 hour help and support. -
Death
I die at 94 years old from old from a heart attack. Along with longevity, heart disease runs in my family.