About

     Imagine being born on Earth with the greatest challenge there is, “Living”. Every Being born on this planet must face these challenges, but some do not readily accept it, while others excel. There is no one on earth that can say they did not have to struggle through the most challenging obstacles called Life. The ovum must struggle to release from the ovary, and sometime there are multiples. The ovum must then struggle through the fallopian tube where it will be awaiting. The spermatozoa must struggle through the birth canal, through the cervix, through the uterus, and then through the Fallopian tube, where they will attempt to unite with the ovum or ova awaiting them. If they are able to unite, then it is a struggle for the zygote to continuously split to bring about form. The bundle of cells implant into the uterus where they will struggle to develop through the different stages that it is required for birth. While this development is occurring, the mother must struggle to live for herself and someone else.

     My life is not unlike the rest, but each of us has our unique challenges. Some people choose to let it overtake them and they wither; some people allow it to be overbearing for them so they diminish into depression; some people start strong and become weak, while others start weak and become strong; and some people just continue through life challenges not knowing what that entails, and eventually they usually always prevail.

     During my gestation, there were many complications that cause my Mother to be admitted to the hospital several times. It is always stated that I was over active while I was in the womb. I was like an electron, always in motion. I was born within approx. 29-32 weeks (7 1/2-8 months), and it became a joy and a nightmare at the same time. I must have been determined to be born on this day, at this time, which put me and my mother in jeopardy. I was born being strangulated with the umbilical cord and drowning from amniotic fluid. It is amazing with the difficulties of my gestation and birth that I was born through the birth canal and not a cesarean section. My mother and I almost lost our lives that day, and I will have to experience life threats, still yet to come.

     I was considered by my caretakers and teachers not to be a good child. This may have been a negative impact on my life, as they did not attempt to learn of a better way for helping me; after all, I was only a child. I was failed in the first grade, which likely started my dislike and resentment for the teachers and schools. I received a very low grade point average throughout my years of school. The only serenity I had during school was art, team sports, shop, math, and science; I performed well in these subject matters. After dropping out of school at approx. age 14, I later was compelled to return and received my GED (Which actually turned out to be for the better), with a passing score well above the minimum.

     When I was young, I used to have activity induced breathing difficulties, and severe headaches, but I was never the kind of person to become gravely ill. The type of disease I had to endure was trauma. Though trauma was just being considered a disease in 1966; it is a disease that has been affecting people for thousands and millions of years. Though in modern times we have technology to assist us, no medical practitioner can truly validate survival. Some people have become deceased from a minor injury, while some people live from injuries that were thought not to be possible. At age 8, I was involved in a motorcycle collision  with no helmet. I was a passenger on the back of a motorcycle when a car came head on in our lane at approximately 55+ miles per hour. The rider quickly swerved off the road and we collided into a tree. I was in a coma for approx. 2 weeks and in the hospital for a lengthy period. With the type of accident I experienced, it was a mystery why I did not become deceased or have worse injuries. I have survived falls from climbing trees and garage roofs; I have survived multiple high speed motor vehicle collisions; I have survived multiple gunshot wounds, some being at different times; I have survived multiple Life threatening surgeries; I have survived relearning how to walk; I have survived extremely painful therapeutic exercises, for my anatomy to function better; I have to survive several deformities and impairments; I have to survive multiple organs that have been negatively impacted; And I had to survive imprisonments. Through all my pain and afflictions, “I Still Strive Strong And Give Thanks For Life!” After my last Life threatening surgeries, I have realized, "That I Am Only Alive (On Earth), To Help People."