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Created on 2004-07-20 20:12:06 (#3887433), last updated 2009-11-08
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Basic Info| Name: | RedRainStorm |
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BioI am a 23 year old female that recently earned my master's degree from the University of Oklahoma.
I was born and raised in Chicago, IL. The majority of my family still resides there, and I visit as often as I am able to, which is not often at all. My family is huge, and like all families, we have our ups and we have our downs.
At the age of 20 I broke away and moved to a very rural area of Oklahoma. Culture shock to say the least. But I found my calling at the university there. I decided to go into a helping profession and have been in love with it ever since.
I went straight from undergraduate to graduate school, in an intense 1 year advanced standing program. My recent success is not only graduation itself, but landing a job that I adore. I have the best coworkers, supervisors, and clientele a person could ask for.
Outside of my studies and my work, I am very laid back. I love to have fun. Humor heals the soul and spreads joy to those who haven't felt joy in a while. I love the simple things in life - a walk in the park on a sunny day, a corny romance novel, a call from a friend just to see what's going on. I don't find myself hard to please.
I've had my challenges. With mild cerebral palsy life has thrown me it's fair share of downfalls. It was a difficult journey - learning to walk, but I did it, against all odds, without any assistive devices. It made it that much more difficult at the age of 20 to transition into needing more support - into realizing I needed to take care of myself, so that I'd be healthy for years to come.
I try not to let my disability sway me. I try to ignore it all together, but alas, I cannot. The outside world sees it, and judges it, and nothing leaves me more heart broken then to know that as fact.
So my journal, as it is, recalls my daily struggles with myself, with my life in the past, present, and future, and with love.
I was born and raised in Chicago, IL. The majority of my family still resides there, and I visit as often as I am able to, which is not often at all. My family is huge, and like all families, we have our ups and we have our downs.
At the age of 20 I broke away and moved to a very rural area of Oklahoma. Culture shock to say the least. But I found my calling at the university there. I decided to go into a helping profession and have been in love with it ever since.
I went straight from undergraduate to graduate school, in an intense 1 year advanced standing program. My recent success is not only graduation itself, but landing a job that I adore. I have the best coworkers, supervisors, and clientele a person could ask for.
Outside of my studies and my work, I am very laid back. I love to have fun. Humor heals the soul and spreads joy to those who haven't felt joy in a while. I love the simple things in life - a walk in the park on a sunny day, a corny romance novel, a call from a friend just to see what's going on. I don't find myself hard to please.
I've had my challenges. With mild cerebral palsy life has thrown me it's fair share of downfalls. It was a difficult journey - learning to walk, but I did it, against all odds, without any assistive devices. It made it that much more difficult at the age of 20 to transition into needing more support - into realizing I needed to take care of myself, so that I'd be healthy for years to come.
I try not to let my disability sway me. I try to ignore it all together, but alas, I cannot. The outside world sees it, and judges it, and nothing leaves me more heart broken then to know that as fact.
So my journal, as it is, recalls my daily struggles with myself, with my life in the past, present, and future, and with love.
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