those two years I was with my biological family‚ a lot happen that wasn’t for the best. Since I was addicted to heroin‚ I went through the withdrawals as a baby. I was lost as a baby‚ I just didn’t know it yet. After seeing that my biological mother was driving with me while high on heroin‚ my grandpa and grandmother called DFS and then later got Child Services involved. After that‚ I was placed into foster care with the parents I know of now. Erin and Brian Duncan. My life wouldn’t be the same if
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pink and blue. She laughed with her friends uncontrollably. I watched her every day through my window as I was stuck in my hospital bed forbidden to go play with the other kids. I was in preschool; I couldn’t skip and laugh and play with the others because I was born with a disease called Congenital Ocular Dystopia from Orbito Frontal Bone Dysplasia‚ which means I was missing bones behind my eyes to keep my eye sockets in place. I also had distorted facial bones and visual acuity issues‚ and no one
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My full name is Colin Zachary Arndt. I was born at a ski resort in Steamboat Colorado‚ Then my parents and I traveled the country following my grandparents. My grandfather was a well know hotel manager so he was transferred a lot. My parents were both college drop outs so we didn’t have a lot of money and we spent the beginning of my life in a very rough spot. When my Dad was finally able to get a job we moved here and lived in the apartment building across the street from Mi Rachito. I was not a
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My heart is pounding in my chest as I am in complete awe as I realize that finally she is coming. It is one of the most thrilling events that has ever happened to me in my entire life. I don’t think one can ever be completely ready for what I was about to endure as well as the pain my body was about to be put through. The pain begins to become more alarming as stronger waves of torment flows throughout my body down to the deepest core of my being. I have to say no matter how many books or classes
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being‚ I have had my fair share of challenges to face. My parents were born and raised in Mexico. Being from the type of family both my parents had‚ education was not an option and no importance was taken toward it. They both dropped out of high school and began to work in factories to help their families with financial problems. They realized how hard it was to earn a living and to maintain a family without a proper education. When I was four years old and my sister was nine‚ my parents made the
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Lupus turned my life completely around. By the time I was 13 the doctors discovered that I had lupus‚ in my immune system. I couldn’t do things that I wish that I could’ve done at such a young age. Joining sports isn’t an option for me because I have to take things easy. Doing anything that can cause my lupus to react would be bad for me. Ever since I was diagnosed with lupus‚ I have always tried to take things easy so that I wouldn’t end up in the hospital.My lupus transformed my personal development
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That 1.8-meter-tall singer on stage was me. My schoolmates may not know me by name‚ but they can tell something about the guy who is damn good at singing musicals. After he finished singing on the stage‚ the principal jumped to his feet clapping hands. Parents watching online hurriedly posted messages of praise‚ eager to find out whose kid the singer was. I‚ proud but not vain‚ had been accustomed to such reactions. For me‚ loving and practicing musicals has been a long‚ inspiring journey; it means
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Living in "the hood" in Weslaco‚TX surrounded by my entire family was really a fundamental thing in my life. When i say entire‚ I mean literally all of us live a minute maybe two away from each other‚ and some of us were even neighbors. Now things are a little different and we may have scattered around all over Weslaco but we remain united and always available if one of us needed each other. My cousins and I would always be together‚ Literally 24/7. Sometimes we would fight and i look back and
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School of Rock. Seeing those words on my calendar made me dread the weeks to come. My parents had signed me up for an activity‚ once again‚ without asking my opinion first. My friends would be going‚ but that didn’t make it sound better. I would be put in a band with people I didn’t know. I’d always left being outgoing and meeting new people for my friends to take care of‚ but this week it seemed to be on my to-do list. My idea of the next two weeks was a monotonous‚ dreary prison. I would be
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the same time with the people all around us. Personally I use music just as much as I use air. It is something I have always had and basically needed. I use music for many reasons; whether to change my emotion from sad to happy or from happy to excited. Music allows myself to personally experience my past memories and events all over again by being connected
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