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I Was Born
I was born on May 9th, 2000 at 2:53pm. I was born into a family of three making me the fourth. My parents are Clifford and Rachel Schroeder and my brother is Eric Schroeder. We had two cats named Morty and Munchkin. I was born with long black hair down to my shoulders. -
Moving
I was born in Dryden and in December of 2000 we moved to the apartments in Attica. I was one and we now had a dog named Annie. It was a very small apartment for four people. Our house was right next to the church that my dad preached at. We moved their because at the time, Attica did not have a parsonage. Attica is a very small, small, small town with very little. -
Moving Again
From the Attica apartments we moved to a house in Attica. They didn't have parsanage, so they built us one. It was a good sized house with a big yard. I liked living in Attica, it was a very small town that didn't have much. My dad preached at the Attica church not far from our house. -
Aunt Megan and Uncle Jonathon
Aunt Megan and Uncle Jonathon were married and I was their flower girl and Eric was the ring barrer. My mom was a brides maid. I got my first snow glob at their wedding. I remember trying to get Eric to walk slower because he was speeding down the aisle and I was trying to toss flowers. -
Elijah
My little brother Elijah is born. I was excited to have a little brother because he was kind of cute and I could help to take care of him. Grandma came to take care of us while Mom and Dad were in the hospital. After Elijah was born, my grandparents brought us to see him and I got to hold him as you see in the picture. I was four years old. -
Kitkat and Angel
In 2005 I got Kitkat and Eric got Angel. They are the greatest cats in the world. The youth group at my church went out to the church shed to get some things and ran across a litter of kittens. They picked them up and started cuddling them which meant that the mother would abandon them. So we had to find a home for them. We were in charge of looking after them until they found a home. Kitkat and Angel are the best cats I could ever ask for. -
We Moved Again
We moved from the Attica house to Birch Run because my dad was moved to preach at another Methodist church. I remember being excited to pack everything up so we could move. I was excited to go see the new house and pick out the paint for my room. My Grandma came up from Ohio the night before we moved and took us to a hotel to spend a few nights so my parents could get moved in. Later we got to see the house and started moving in. -
Mallory
Mallory became my first friend in Birch Run. I saw that she was having problems adjusting to the new school since she had also moved that year. I felt bad for her so I started playing with her, eating lunch with her, and helping her in school. Soon we became friends and we still are to this day. We have been friends since second grade. -
Latex
In 2008 of third grade I was diagnosed with a latex allergy. My life was very different from this point on. I had to start being careful of what I ate and where I went. This allergy I was also told only got worse and that there was no cure. I had to get some tests done to confirm it. This is an image of an latex allergy awareness ribbon. -
Zacchary
My little brother was born on September 8th. I wanted a sister but I thought he was cute enough to come home with us. I remember my grandma coming to take care of us while my parents were in the hospital. My dad called one morning when Zacchary had been born to tell us and when he told me that it was a boy, I didn't believe him. I thought he was joking. He wasn't. I was still okay with having a baby brother though. -
Aunt Bek and Uncle Ben
Aunt Bek and Uncle Ben were married in October shortly after Zacchary was born. It was a small wedding with only close family. I remember blowing bubbles for their wedding instead of throwing flowers. Later they had a celebration in Michigan for the people who didn't go to the wedding, which we also went to. -
Lacy
Lacy was the most well behaved dog I have ever known. I remember getting her not long after Zacchary was born. She was very friendly and she loved Eric. Eric was clearly her master. She was a very pretty dog, she was a mixed breed of several different kinds of dogs. She never liked to play with toys but she loved to run. -
Joanna
My little cousin Joanna is born. She was the first cousin born on my mom's side. She lives in Ohio, but we still see her often. I was so excited to find out that I had a girl cousin. I remember huddling around the computer looking at the pictures of her that my uncle had sent. We saw her a few months later. -
Guess What, We Moved
We move from Birch Run to Holly where we live now. I was a packing maniac. We had three weeks to pack up the house and move to Holly. I packed anything I could get my hands on. It was warm the day we moved, some friends of ours had taken Elijah and Zacchary to the zoo so they wouldn't be bored or in the way while we were moving. That night we stayed at a hotel. -
Katie
On this day I met one of my best friends, Katie. I met Katie through my mom's online Facebook Page for No Latex. Katie and I are some of the few kids that have a latex allergy and communicate through email. I was excited to find someone with the same allergies as me so I could have someone to compare to. Katie lives on Hawii and I will never actually see her, but we will continue to email eachother. -
Wesley
Wesley was born on Monday. He is Joanna's little brother. I haven't actually met him yet because he's only a few days old but I am planning on meeting him at Thanksgiving in a couple of weeks. He was born at about 1:00 in the morning. Joanna has been excited to be a big sister.
