Single mother. Two words I never thought I would associate with myself. I planned on being married forever and raising my two children and living happily ever after. I quickly learned life doesn't go as planned. So, now after two years of wondering in the dark it is time to open a new chapter of my life. This paper will help me to explain the experiences that brought me to this point. I plan to use development theories as well as information from the LifeLaunch text to understand these experiences and look to the future.
Chapters Past
Self-esteem is not something I had a lot of as a child I was born with Spina Bifida, a physical handicap, and grew up always knowing I was different. I went to public school up until tenth grade. I was always an overachiever a “bright child” one might say.
Academically I excelled but, socially I failed. Elementary school was pure hell because I was different from the other children. So, from kindergarten to sixth grade I was tormented by bullies. In middle school I had a fresh start and made a few new friends. Tenth grade of high school I enrolled in a private school and entered into a whole new world.
No one knew me there and I had a clean slate. The school was so different from anywhere I had attended before. The ciriculum opened my eyes to new ideas and ways of thinking. I finally made friends and felt accepted for who I was.
I went off to college straight out of high school. A nice little Christian all girls school in middle of nowhere Kentucky. My grandparents helped pick it out since they were the ones paying for any expenses my scholarship did not cover. I found that I did not have the self discipline or control I needed and ran wild with my first bit of freedom. I only stayed there a semester and then moved ...