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Princess Diana died.
The princess past away from an extremely bad car accident a few days after my sister was born. It was all over the news for weeks, leaving my mom to have to watch it a lot while she was with my sister in the hospital. Being one of her first children and coming off of pregnancy, this left my mother very nervous when it came to getting into a car. -
I was born!
On November, 27th of 2000, I was born at Metro Health weighing in at 7lbs. Fun Fact: I was almost born in an elevator! -
9/11
This was one of the scariest days for my family because at the time, my uncle worked and lived in NYC very close to the twin towers. He was fine but was extremely traumatized by the event. -
We moved into a new house!
I had a great birthday this year, I got a whole new house! -
My Grandma moved to Michigan!
My mother and grandma had always lived in California. When my mom met my dad going to school in Michigan, she decided to move here. Once my two sisters and I were born, my grandma decided to move to Michigan to be with us! -
My miracle sister!
We all thought my mom wasn't able to have anymore kids after three miscarriages, but then she told us that we were gonna have a baby sister! -
My little sister was born!
We were a family of 6 with 5 girls now! My dad was just thrilled... -
Gates started Middle School.
My oldest sister started Middle School, making both of my parents a little nervous... -
No more big sister with me...
This was the first year I wasn't able to have my big sister with me at school. I suffered with very bad separation anxiety during this year because of it... -
Good bye Chilli...
My dog past away this year and it hit our family very hard. He was our first and best dog we have ever had. -
Hi Carmen!
This year, we were able to train a dog through the Leader Dogs for the Blind organization and were fortunate enough to be able to keep her! (She failed her exam...) -
My uncle passed away.
This affected my grandma the most when my uncle Shawn, my grandmas brother, passed away... Both her and my mother were gone for a long time. -
New School...
This was the year I went from Brown elementary to Nickels Intermediate. It was a big change but I was extremely excited! -
Rachel, my best friend!
This was the year I was able to meet my best friend of 7 years, Rachel Koetje in Miss. Zeiberts 6th grade class! -
We got ANOTHER dog!
We got Fritz through the same organization as Carmen. He was not able to become a service dog due to his bad hips. -
My sister was off to college...
My oldest sister graduated high school and was off to Western University to pursue a degree in Music Therapy. -
Morgan had diabetes...
My sister had been struggling for a really long time. Once her and my mother went to see a doctor, she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. This hit her and our family very hard but we grew from the experience and today, Morgan makes to seem easy . -
Highschool...
This was the year I started high school... lets just say I am ready to be done. But high school is the place where I found my love of bowling! -
Donald Trump became president.
When Donald Trump became president, this caused a lot of controversy within my family. Lets just say we don't watch the news a whole lot anymore and very rarely talk about politics. -
Grandma went to heaven...
This was the year I lost my best friend. She meant everything to me and was the nicest most sweetest person you could have ever met. This was one of the roughest years for my family... -
BJ passed...
BJ was my grandma Donnas dog who passed away a year prior... She was the last thing I had left of Donna but I am very happy that they are back together again! -
The baby started high school!
Cade, the youngest child, was in high school and I was able to be in the same school as one of my sisters again! I absolutly love being in high school with Cade! -
I'm going to college!
I am proud to announce that I have been accepted into Aquinas college in hopes of bowling for them in the fall.
