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A Timeline of My Life

  • Birth

    Birth
    Alexandra Grajales was born on May 17, 1999 at 2:32 AM at Memorial Herman.
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    Infancy Stage

    Infancy Stage of Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development.
  • First Steps

    First Steps
    Alex took her first steps at her childhood home
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    Early Childhood

    Time of potty training
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    Pre-School

    Starting school
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    School Age

  • First day of school

    First day of school
    First day in Kindergarden at WIlbern Elementary school in Houston Texas. This started my development as a school child, this event would lead to my love for learning.
  • Moves schools

    Moves schools
    I moved schools in third grade, was extremely hesitant on moving, ended up being much happier in my new house and school.
  • First day of middle school

    First day of middle school
    Started middle school at Bleyl MIddle School, had no problem adapting to a different enviornment.
  • Best friend moves away

    Best friend moves away
    My best friend, Avery, moved away in seventh grade. It was hard for me to accept that she was leaving. Looking back it was for the better that she left because aftet this,I grew out of my old friend group and made freinds that become more important in my life than before.
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    Adolescense

  • Cheerleading

    Cheerleading
    I made the cheer team my freshman year and started a new chapter in my life.
  • Graduated

    Graduated
    Graduated high school summa cum laude from Cypress Creek High school.
  • Started College

    Started College
    Started college at University of Texas, struggled to balance my soical life and making sure I maintained my personal goals by achhieving and maintaining good grades.
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    Early Adulthood

  • Graduated college

    Graduated college
    Graduated summa cum laude from UT with a law degree.
  • Gets Married

    Gets Married
    I got married to my husband
  • First House

    First House
    Moves into my first house in Chicago in preparation for my forthcoming child.
  • First child born

    First child born
    My firstborn child was a girl, becoming a new mother my priorities change and I have to reorganize my priorities to make sure I am as invoolved with my children as possible.
  • Twins born

    Twins born
    Twins are born and life gets a little more stressful as my life gets more stressful and children get time consuming.
  • Mom gets diagnosed with cancer.

    Mom gets diagnosed with cancer.
    My mom gets diagnosed with cancer, with the stress of young children and now the added stress of my mom, it becomes harder to deal with changing circumsatnces.
  • Mom is cancer free

    Mom is cancer free
    After two years of a cancer fight, my mom is cancer free on her birthday.
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    Adulthood

  • Open my practice

    Open my practice
    I opened my own law practice with a close colleague in the heart of Chicago.
  • Dad dies

    Dad dies
    Heartbreakingly my father dies shortly before his birthday, my mother desvastated moves in with mt family trying to cope with the loss of my father. My son who was extremely close with him takes the loss hard and starts writing music in order to cope with pain.
  • Husband gets new job

    Husband gets new job
    Huband gets eleceted to House of Representatives.
  • Daughter graduates college

    Daughter graduates college
    My daughter graduates top of her class from Hardvard with a law degree like her mom.
  • Son becomes famous

    Son becomes famous
    After years of trying to get recognized of his musical talents, he gets signed to Kanye West's label and becomes famous.
  • First grandchildren

    First grandchildren
    Both of my daughters give birth to their first children on the same day. A new chapter in my life begins as I become a grandmother, looking back at my life at this point I am content and satisfied how my life went.
  • Mom dies

    Mom dies
    My mother dies on her wedding anniversary after a long life, my mother was a huge inspiration in my life with her determination and morals.
  • Move to New York

    Move to New York
    My husband and I, tired of the city life, move to Southhampton New York.
  • I retire

    I retire
    After a long and successful career in law, I finally retire giving my practice to my hard working firstborn daughter.
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    Maturity

  • Son breaks records

    Son breaks records
    After a successful career as a musician, son breaks world records for most albums sold in a career.
  • Daughter becomes president

    Daughter becomes president
    Following a hard career in politics, my second born daughter becomes president of The United States of America.
  • Brother dies

    Brother dies
    My main inspiration and my best friend dies after a life as a businessman. With this major loss, i reflect on my life and decide to dedicate my life to make sure that i can proudly say that my family was always my number 1 priority.
  • Travel the world

    Travel the world
    As I get older I realize that I haven't seen enough of the world to be satisfied, my husband and I decide to travel the world to satisfy the urge to spread hapiness to children in poverty in hopes to provide a future for children.
  • Post-travels

    Post-travels
    After five years of traveling the world, my husband and I return home for a peaceful life.
  • Son dies

    Son dies
    After a fufilling life as a musician, my son tragically dies in a hovercreaft accident leaving my grandchildren to live with my daughter in law.
  • Another Diagnosis

    Another Diagnosis
    My daughter gets diagnosed with breast cancer in the midst of a scientific breakthrough curing cancer.
  • Husband Dies

    Husband Dies
    Husband dies of old age after a long life full of family.
  • I die

    I die
    After a long life, I finally pass away. I hope to have made an impact on other people's life that lasts another century.