Life of Jerry M. Russell

  • Y2k Problem

    Y2k Problem
    Even though I was not born it did have an impact in my life in a way, thank God it did not happen.
  • Concorde Crash

    Concorde Crash
    This was a horrible accident that should hopefully never happen again, there was a total of 113 people that died, I just hope mstakes like that never happen again.
  • 9/11 attack on the United States

    9/11 attack on the United States
    This happened a year before i was born, but it still had a very big impact on my life.
  • Birth

    I was born on Saints day or November 1st.
  • George Bush announces war on Iraq

    George Bush announces war on Iraq
    On may 1st 2001 George W Bush announced war on Iraq which changed my life as in the threat of terrorism and the overall national security of the United States.
  • Moving into the House

    Moving into the House
    I was only 3 at the time, my mom and dad bought the house in mid February.
  • Staying at my aunt's house for 2 months.

    For a total of 2 months me, my mom and brother stayed at my aunt's house, it was very sad and depressing my mom had to drive 40 minutes just to drop me off at school.
  • The Divorce

    The Divorce
    Sadly, when I was just 7 years old in my parents divorced, because of the amount of fighting in the house, no one was happy and my parents divorced because of it.
  • The court Case

    The court Case
    So, what happened with the divorce was my father got to keep the house, and my mom and my brother moved into a condo which is not bad, and of course there is a certain amount of money that was paid out to my mom, but at the end of the day the divorce had to happen.
  • Barack Obama got elected for president of the United Sates of America

    Barack Obama got elected for president of the United Sates of America
    I was only 7 years old at the time i really didn't even know or care with what was going on in the political world.
  • Financial issues for my mom

    Financial issues for my mom
    With my mom just getting divorced, and her making 1/3 of the money that my father makes and having 3 people including herself in one household was very hard on her, but she is on her feet currently.
  • Osama Bin Laden's death

    Osama Bin Laden's death
    The biggest terrorist died not to long ago, but we are still facing terriosm issues.
  • Toxic pollution

    Toxic pollution
    It is sad it happens in our world, but its the way it goes our earth its polluted everyday with garbage .
  • Family vacation after the divorce

    Family vacation after the divorce
    Me my mom and brother took a vacation about 2 years after the divorce, we spent 5 days in sunny Florida in the middle of June, it was very hot but we went to universal studios and daytona beach.
  • Trouble in school 2011-2013

    Trouble in school 2011-2013
    I had trouble in school grade wise, I would get all F's and i still got passed through because it was elementary school, but this was the most depressing point of my life so far, family divorced and living in a new house.
  • Sandy Hook school shooting

    Sandy Hook school shooting
    A thing that has changed my enviorment the most was the amount of school shootings, but things had to change, no random person just cant walk into the building.
  • The ebola virus

    The ebola virus
    In the middle of Match 2014 the ebola virus had a small outbreak which made a lot of the world including me go a little paranoid, but thank God that the virus got contained.
  • losing weight 2014-2015

    losing weight 2014-2015
    I used to weight 208 pounds in 7th and 8th grade, but due to me having very bad dizzy spells and symptoms of very bad helth problems on the way i decided to lose weight it took me all the way from late 8th grade all the way of the start of 9th grade I dropped 55 lbs I weight 155 at the start of high school, it was tough but it will only better me in life.
  • Best vacation of my life

    Best vacation of my life
    It was just me and my dad, we drove all the way from Michigan to Missouri and went to my family's farm, after that we went to a family reunion and from there we went to stay one night at my fathers cousins house, it was 500ft in the air, it was nothing like I have ever experienced before. And I hope when me and my dad go bnack next year we will do the same thing.
  • Donald Trump running for president

    Donald Trump running for president
    Donald trump that he was running for president this, which is a very big announcemnt and his phiolospy on things can change this country.