Growing Up

        Hey it's me again!  Today I want to talk about what growing up was like with my special circumstances.  Some of the ups and downs that come with it, and also how it was similar to everyone's childhood.

        My early life wasn't as glamorous as others.  Instead of learning to hold my head up or crawling around trying to get my hands into everything my parents didn't want me to like any other baby, my first few years of life was spent in and out the hospital every few weeks, battling pneumonia constantly like it was a new trend I was trying to start.  It was almost like little me wanted to keep my family on their toes.  

         Eventually I survived long enough to make it to the age where I was old enough to finally use the medical equipment I needed to make me more stable in my daily life.  Since then my every day routine consisted of breathing treatments multiple times a day, list of medications as long as my arm, even needing assistance with a machine every time I needed to cough.  Sounds hard and annoying to do every day, which it can be, I won't lie, but it's all I know and it keeps me healthy as much as I can be so the pros outweigh the cons.

        School growing up was fun, it was one of the few places I could run around without my parents.  I just got to be a kid in a regular class with friends and the few childhood crushes (we all had that one boy in elementary school we would chase around, no one lie).   High school wasn't as picture perfect though.  My health got a little worse and I seemed to hit a patch of depression.  Starting in 5th grade I started doing school from home during the winter, then went back by spring.  In high school I lost the motivation to go back after winter passed.  My head was telling me all my friends moved on, found other people to hang out with.  When senior year hit I didn't want to spend my last year of high school being sad in my room so I made it a point to go to every activity I could until I dropped.  My friends and school aid Darcy were actually a huge help in that, they took me under their wing and introduced me to other friends who I never got a chance to meet while I was at home.  It was the best year of my life (besides when Covid hit but we're not going to talk about that right now).  

        All this might be hard to do alone but I had parents and siblings to be with me through it, one brother in fact who went through the physical limitations I did.  Aunts, uncles, and grandparents deserve honorable mentions as well.

        Growing up I was never allowed to feel sad about my situation because I am surrounded by support from friends and family and I didn't want to live life depressed and bitter.

        That's it for me here this week.  Don't forget to follow and leave a comment down below.  Till next week!