History is the significant events and individual developments of someone's past. As boring my life can be at times, there were many times when things got stirred up. It was these moments that had a lasting affect in my life, and has truly shaped me as person. Lets start on the day that started it all, the day I was born, that day is September 27 2000. The following few years are a big blur, so I will fast forward to 2004. This was the year I was reunited with my parents and the year I came to the U.S. Growing up, nonetheless living here is really different from living in the Philippines. It is a whole lot colder, but as a child I enjoyed playing in the snow, honestly I still do. My family lived near Lake Michigan, so I went to the schools that were part of the CPS. To be frank with you, I hated going to those schools. How they taught were just terrible, I never felt challenged. And most of my peers were bad influences, I never felt I fit in there. Luckily in the fall of 2011, I moved to Woodridge and it was here I was welcomed with open arms. Living here is amazing, the people here are so kind, I never felt that I have to change myself in order for them to except me. I think I am getting little ahead of myself, in that same year I lost something. Most things that you lose can be easily replaced, but this was different. I lost my mom, and you can never replace a person. In the first few months of losing her, I was in denial. My sister and I just told ourselves, she just went to work. This worked, but only for so long. After a year I had to except the facts, she was not coming home "from work." I lost faith, I isolated myself, I pushed people away, and just questioned life altogether. I went into dark state of mind. For a very long time I was living in the dark. In the early summer of 2014, I decided to give up, I felt no reason of my existence. I put one pill in between my teeth, for a moment stopped and thought. I thought about why I was doing this, and then I thought about who and what I was leaving. I made a big revelation that day, that even though life can be so difficult at times, (keywords: "at times") it won't remain that way forever. I decided that day to continue living life, but this time happily. Ever since then, I looked at life at a more positive light. and I realized that we all have our own wars, but we need to remember we are not alone in this fight. I think Sam Smith, said it the best "I'm not the only one."
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Mihaela Rozdovan
12/16/2014 10:43:58 pm
To be honest I really love your Title " A throwback on my life" is really interesting. I really love how you describe your life. You put so much details on it. Good Job!!!
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Liz Ruiz
1/3/2015 04:43:22 am
I absolutely love how much effort you put into every single on of your post, but this blog was very inspiring! & I find crazy how much we have in common by what we have been through.
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Nikki
1/8/2015 09:55:48 am
I love how much thought you put into this. I love how you make the reader feel what's happening. Good Job!
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Sierra
1/9/2015 01:21:49 am
This really shows how strong people can be, and how they can grow from past events. This is truly inspiring and reminds me of myself when I was in a dark state of mind. Id love to know more about your life.
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