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Traumatizing Events That Shaped My Life: Vol. 1

I'm 25 years old.   Okay, I'm 26.   Fine. I'm 26 1/2 years old. I still don't think I know who I truly am as a person, but I'm slowly learning day by day.   Each day that goes by I realize just a little more how awesome I am.   I’m smart enough to know that I didn’t come to this point in my life on my own.   I believe that there are certain moments in a person’s life that help define how that person turns out.   For some people it’s one huge event, while for others there are many spread throughout the years.   I would like to share with you (in no particular order) some of the events have helped shape me (so far)… The Rock     When I was around 11 or 12 years old, I was around the corner playing with a friend. I had brought over my bike (complete with helmet), soccer ball, wiffle ball bat, and every other possible toy a tomboy could have.   For some reason or another we had become bored with the toys and decided it would be more fun to skip rocks into the str