In Sickness and in Health

Usually I post about books and my happier side but here’s a more serious/ personal blog. So first I’ll start with sickness. I have a very bad immune system. I was born 2 weeks early and my mom has had troubles in the past with having kids so I was considered a ‘miracle baby’ for staying somewhat healthy (in other words, it could be worse). When I was born they thought something was wrong because I didn’t cry when I came out. Maybe for 2 seconds than I stopped and looked around. I was also born with bad asthma and needed breathing treatments but the need for those have stopped. Eventually as I grew to the age babies would crawl, I didn’t. I butt scooted. My cousins found I hilarious and would race me to see who scooted the fastest (I always won). Then it came to the time where I should start walking, (about 1 year) but I didn’t. I actually didn’t start walking until I was nearly 2, which concerned my mom and resulted in therapy (the therapist actually ended up having me use my facial expressions more often and now whenever I focus really hard on something I’ll end up sticking out my tongue). And for the next 11 years I was a normal kid, extremely clumsy, but normal. As I mentioned in the beginning, my immune system isn’t the best. I’ve actually had surgery before (removal of my adenoids) in hope of catching less colds. It didn’t work, I did stop snoring though, so I guess that’s a plus. In the past year, I’ve gotten sick nearly 15 times (without exaggeration, cold season kills me). I have been getting better, I probably get sick so often because I don’t like vaccines. I hate them actually. Needles are in my top 10 fears. This season (December - February) is when I’m mostly sick. It’s nothing life threatening and it isn’t unbearable. There’s the small things of always being cold (and I am, my hands are always freezing and my body temperature is 96.1-ish) and prone to headaches. It’s something doctors have said I’ll overcome and I hope they’re right. I know this has run long and I hope I didn’t bore you to death but I think it’s important to know a little more about me and why I’m such a homebody.

Dear Martin

My most recently finished (that’s actually a lie but the other book was a short poetry book) book is called Dear Martin. It’s about this guy, Jus, who is a intelligent young man. Yet he’s the one in handcuffs. This book is sort of like The Hate U Give, but it touches more on racial bias, inequality, and discrimination. Basically, Jus is starting a project where he is writing letters to Martin Luther King Jr. He tells him about his struggles and what’s going on in his life. This book has many plot twists but that’s what makes it so interesting. Read the book to find out more before I spoil it.  I definitely recommend it and would give it 5 stars.