The Not So Average Life of a Teen

The Beginning

Life truly is a miracle. It all begins when a substance comprised of millions of single organisms fight to be the first to meet the egg within a female's body. But among the millions of cells you were matched against, you reached the egg first. We all reached the egg first. Then we go through an amazing transformation during which we become conscious human beings with emotions and thoughts. My life began on September 5, 2001.
The first half of my life was a very normal life for an American. I lived in a small to medium sized house with my mom, dad, brother, and dog. I had no health problems that were unusual, and the health issues I had were very normal. Things such as seasonal allergies, eczema, ear infections, blah, blah, blah. My appearance was (and still is) very common; white skin, brown hair, and brown eyes. I grew up in a church and always felt close to God.
Like most boys in the United States, I played sports growing up. Most sports I played I hated, but I loved baseball. I tried a variety of sports such as soccer, karate, football, and basketball. I would continue to play basketball until 8th grade, but it was not my passion.
School for me was not as typical as the rest of my life, but it's not very uncommon. I always did well in school and maintained straight "A's" until seventh grade where I got a "B+," (procrastination will do that to you). Basically what you should take away from this is that my life was very normal. But as I got older, it became more and more different than normal.