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Begnnings
My life's journey begun approximately September 27th 1972. Many experiences to follow. -
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Germinal Period
I was in the germinal period at this point. I was just a zygote and blastocyst. -
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Embryo Phase
I'm not quite human looking yet, but I've started to develop my eyes, heart, and digestive system. -
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Fetal Stage
I go through processes such as sexual assignment, head development, digestive system completion, fingernail growth, and hair growth. -
I am Left-Handed
Was this purely genetic, or an interplay of heredity and environment? -
It's a boy!
I am a boy! So my father's sperm was a "Y".
I was about 7 pounds at birth. -
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Birth Year
My Birthday -
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Preattachment Stage
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Sensorimotor Stage
Sensorimotor stage - lots of involuntary movements and crying! -
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2 to 3 year old language
100 - 2,000 word vocabulary.
Sentence length 2 - 6 words. -
Trust Versus Mistrust
At some point in my infancy, I faced Erickson's trust versus mistrust conflict. -
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Attachment in the Making
Responding to familiar people. I take comfort from my mom and dad and sister. -
Grasping
At about 4 months, baby's grasp. -
Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt
This is the period we call the terrible two's. -
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Crawling
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Secure Attachment
I greet my primary caregiver - mom! I get sad and anxious when my mom leaves. -
1st Steps
I started walking about this point. -
1st Words
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Toilet Training Begins
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Pre-Operational Stage
Lots of drawings of home and mom and dad and sis.
Learning the alphabet, and arithmetic. -
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Attachment as Launching Pad
Hide and seek. Parental reassurance sought. -
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3 to 4 year old language
1,000 to 5,000 words.
Sentence length: 3 to 8 words. -
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4 to 5 year old language
Vocabulary 3,000 to 10,000 words.
Sentence length: 5 - 20 words -
Move to Grand Ledge Michigan for Mom's Medical School
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5 year old language
5,000 to 20,000 words
Sentence Length - never ending with conjunctions! -
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Elementary School - Hayes Elementary
1st Grade through part of 4th Grade -
Riding A Bike!
I learned how to ride a bike at around 5 or 6 years old. No helmets back then. -
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Mutual Attachment
Seeking to make parents proud. Trying to accomplish things and receive praise from parents. -
Star Wars
I saw this movie in the theatre. It immediately impacted my myth making about the world. -
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Concrete Operational Stage
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M*A*S*H*
MASH the tv show ends. My dad, sister, and I watched this show regularly together. -
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Junior High School - East Hills Middle School
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New Attachment Figures
Exploring friendships and relationships using my parents as relationship model. -
Formal Operational Stage Begins
The beginning of an adult mind begins about this age. -
13th Birthday
I got to see this movie with a bunch of friends for my 13th birthday. -
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High School - Brother Rice
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Turn 16 - Driving!
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Uncle Joe's Death
My aunt called the house and I answered and she asked to speak with my dad. I remember afterwards thinking "Aunt Linda sounded funny."
My uncle Joe had died suddenly of a heart attack.
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Graduate High-School
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Attachment Revisited
Development of romantic relationships and adult relationships. -
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Michigan State University
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Graduate College - Michigan State University
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Worked at Olympics in Atlanta
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Atlanta Olympics
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Moved to San Francisco
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San Francisco
Lived In San Francisco, California -
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DePaul University - Master's Degree
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Chicago - Graduate School
Depaul University -
Moved back to Detroit from San Francisco
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Living with Xiao Yu and Sha
Lived with my friends and fellow students Xiao Yu Zhang and Sha Duan. They are a married couple from the Hunan Province of China. -
Get Married
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Go to Italy
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Get Pregnant in Italy!
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Turned 40!
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Renewing the cycle
Baby Girl due at the end of February 2014. -
Trip To Greece!
We take our 6 year-old girl to Greece to experience other cultures and the history of western civilization. -
Parents enter assisted living community
Mom and Dad move into a beautiful assisted living community. -
Nephew John Patrick Gets Married
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Retirement
Simultaneous for my wife and I!
Beach, here we come! -
My daughter gets married
My daughter, Karsen Karle, is happily married to a person that she loves. -
First Grandchild
My daughter, Karsen, has her first baby, a boy! I achieve the great stature of grandfather-hood. -
Parents Die
My parents pass away together, asleep at night.
I will grieve their loss and miss them. -
Patrick Karle Dies
I'm hoping that I'll live to the ripe old age of 120! I hope that medical advancement, exercise, and a good diet will help me reach that age.
I hope that I pass away peacefully in the presence of my wife and family, remembering a life rich in laughter, happiness, contentment, health, and moderate wealth shared generously.