Current Events*10-22-09

This week relating to the chapter was caught my interest more than it related to me. This is because most of the chapter is about developing through the years, which is hard for me to relate to currently.

I can say that I related in the fact that I am only able to remember back to a certain point in my life. I mostly can remember from 2nd grade pretty accurately and a little bit before that. I remember a lot of small things like going for four wheeler rides, and my brother breaking his ankle on the dirt bike... But I don't remember all the little details of my childhood as I'm sure no one does. This relates because now I can probably tell you almost every detail of my life for the past about 7 years.

Also relating to the chapter is that my great grandma ended up dying from Alzheimer disease. Like the book says, this disease basically strips you of your memory slowly. As hard as this must have been for my grandma, it was also hard for my whole family watching her memory slowing drift away right before us. It even got so bad that we eventually had to put her in a nursing home so they could take better care of her. When she died it was one of the most sad events in my family in a long time, so this disease takes its toll on everyone.

I can also talk about the ages that children are moving from adolescence to adulthood. My older brother moved out when he was 18 and moved in with some of his friends for awhile. He is now living with us again. He doesn't have to pay rent, pay for food, clean, or worrying about anything. I think he took this route as an escape from dealing with the real challenges of adulthood. He told me that it's hard to live on your own because you have to pay for everything yourself and that's pretty much where all of your money goes.

I guess you could say that my "week" doesn't really relate to the chapter, but overall my life does pretty well.