FHS 1500 Individual Project11/11/11
Amber Rector
Born in Salt Lake City, UtahJuly 29,1985to an 18 year old mother and a 23 year old father that were married just 5 months before my arrival
When I was only 6 months old we moved to Arizona.We lived in a very small mining town called San Manuel. This is where I spent my entire childhood until I was 17.
There was only 56 students in my high school senior class. 2 of the schools and the grocery store have closed down.
San Manuel may have been small, but it had everything any one could need. A grocery store, gas stations, a car dealership, a healthcare center, 2 elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school all within a 2 square mile radius.
That is until the copper mine was sold and then closed down. Most people moved away and it almost became a ghost town.
Birth of Alan
When I was 18 months old my brother Alan was born. He is probably the single most influential person and thing in my life.
Alan
When Alan was only 5 years old he was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis, it is a tumor causing cancer. Alan had a brain tumor that was operated on 3 times. At one time he was only given 6 months to live, today he is almost 25 years old
Alan
Alan and I have always been best of friends
During our make a wish trip to Disneyland
What a great Young Man
Alan has the greatest outlook on life even with everything he has been through. He touches the lives of every person that crosses his path, I am one of the luckiest people in the world to have him as a brother.
He reminds me everyday to look on the bright side
Happy Marriages
My parents were very happily married for 13 years, but the stress of raising a special needs child put too much of a strain on their marriage and they divorced.
I now am happily married to my high school sweetheart
February 23,1985
May 12, 2007April 2003
Wonderful Family
48 hours old
2 years old
Future
I plan to get a business and social work degree and hope to help adults with special needs and elderly people that have no family.
Maybe one day we will have another child as well
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