I was born early on January 23, 1990. I was scheduled to be born April 22, 1990. Because of my early birth, a Category-3 brainbleed happened, and I became a Cerebral Palsy patient with Diplegic Spastia. The doctors diagnosed me when I was 1.5 years of age, because nobody knew until then-- when I wasn't acting normal for my age. They said that I would never walk, write, etc.; and I'd be lucky to type. On Mother's Day 1994, I finally walked.
Then came my parents' separation and divorce. I'll clarifiy all this in my next video, by the way, because it's a long story and ties in my with my CP as well-- and much of it includes my own memories. So my mom, with an Associate's Degree and working at NASA, was a single mom with twins (Michelle and me) to take care of and a now-ex husband who just wouldn't go once he was gone-- he had to file for divorce and have papers summoned to her on Valentine's Day of 1996 (of all days), leave on June 11, 1998; and stay in our area to make our lives miserable. I still remember his more-recent apartment in that area, by the way; and his current house-- that's how etched in the memories are, how intrinsic those apartments became-- because of who lived in them and what happened in them.
I'll say more in the next video; but think my life's been easy? THINK AGAIN.
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