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Newborn
I was born in Chicago, IL at Cook County hospital at 7:45am. My father, brother and both of my sisters were there. My parents not knowing how to speak english at all and giving birth to their first American baby. The process of prenatal development occurs in three main stages. The first two weeks after conception are known as the germinal stage; the third through the eighth week are known as the embryonic period; and the time from the ninth week until birth is known as the fetal period. -
Two years old!
Any discussion on how we care for infants
and toddlers must begin with the interests
and needs of the children themselves. Therefore,
this issue opens with an overview of the
dramatic development that takes place during
the first three years of life, which turns the
dependent human newborn into a sophisticated
three-year-old who walks, talks, solves
problems, and manages relationships with peers.Progressive reorganization of mental processes as a result of biological maturation and environmental -
Early Childhood-9years old
So much going on for me at this stage in life. My emotional/social changes , thinking and learning, Facing more academic challenges at school, A major emotional step for this age group is exemplified in the realization that self-interest may need to take a back seat to the needs of others start to form stronger, more complex friendships and peer relationships. It becomes more emotionally important to have friends, especially of the same sex. A lot of anxiety, acne and puberty during this stage. -
Water Baptism
This is the day I got water baptized. This is a really special and important day to me. When someone comes to faith in Jesus Christ, scripture emphasizes the importance of water baptism. Before each baptism service, classes are provided to teach the Biblical reasons and beautiful meaning expressed through this exciting step in your faith walk. It took me 3 months of what we call catechism. -
Laters years of life
This is the stage that highest cognitive level allows a person to coordinate several abstract systems
together. At this point in life I can construct
and use a general principle that goes across systems, such as the Golden Rule in morality and
Reflective Judgment in knowledge dilemmas. These skill levels provide a complexity scale with which to assess the variability in people’s activities and to look for patterns of stability and order. -
Nursing School
I plan on going to nursing school. Ive always dreamed of becoming a nurse. I enjoy making people comfortable and caring for them. This is where I believe that I can make a great difference in people's lives by helping them recover from their ailments. I believe that spirituality holds a very significant role in the profession of nursing. In fact, the care of the soul is the most powerful aspect of the art of caring in nursing. -
Starting a family
By this time I will be starting my family. My first newborn baby, and hurband. But having a child was is one thing , Becoming someone's mother meant that my role in the world had changed -- I wasn't just the same old me trying to be a new, improved version. I was a mother, really and truly and forever, and the question was, what kind of person, what kind of mother, would be. reflected in my child's eyes? -
Raising My Kids
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. ~Joyce Maynard -
Grandma
It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness This is the very moment every mother waits for. To finally be able to enjoy life, with out all the responsiblites of being a mother to a young one. Or seeing your children become parents. Responsibilities they had as younger people with demanding careers and young families. Now the children are raised, and there may be grandchildren to enjoy. -
Losing Family
Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on, and cherished memories never fade because a loved one's gone. Those we love can never be more than a thought apart, far as long as there is memory, they'll live on in the heart. This will be one of the hardest obstacles of all. -
Growing Old Together
As long as you have someone on your side and your growing old together thats all that matters. Also, associated with aging, such as illness, memory loss, an inability to drive, an end to sexual activity, a struggle with loneliness and depression, and difficulty paying bills. In every instance, older adults report experiencing them at lower levels (often far lower) than younger adults report expecting to encounter them when they grow old. -
The end of my days.
I must say this hard for me to think about, let alone write about. In order to age with grace and dignity, we need to have realistic expectations of ourselves. The God who made us also planned a wonderful future beyond the certainty of growing old and ending our days on earth. We can look forward to that time with anticipation, while learning how to navigate the later years with grace and dignity. With faith in God, life will go on afterlife.
