I was sitting alone thinking about things to do while online when I came across "The Story of your Life contest."  When I saw it I knew that I had to submit mine.  Although I am only 20 years old I feel that my life, and my story is very important.  I reflected upon not only my history but my whole family's history. The first charm I had decided on was Italy (#7918). Being 100% Italian, and having my great grandparents come to America on the boats was a very significant part of my EVERYDAY family life. My family celebrates every holiday and every major event as a family and it only makes me more proud when I can talk about how close my family is, having a close, large, Italian family gives me the comfort of knowing that not only do I know my immediate family well but also my extended family. Where did my great grandparents go when they came to America?  Well NYC of course.  I heart NY (#6252) is my second charm.  New York is where I am from, it is my home and it is my soul.  Having been born and raised there, I carry a part of NY with me everyday. Not only am I from NYC and have lived there but my whole family, including my Dad is there.  Dad, charm (#2373) obviously represents my father and what he means to me.  Without my father I would not be the person I am today.  He has been there through MOST everything in my life, he is the ideal father and he will always be "Daddy" to me... Throughout my life I have had the love and guidance of many. My Dad was one of many and a big part of guidance in my life is my faith in the Lord and St. Christopher charm (#0590).  When I was 12 I received a St. Christopher necklace from my grandfather.  I still wear it every day.  Without the guidance and protection I feel from that, I had always felt I may have never made it through some of the things in my life that I have made it through. With the guidance of my grandfather, where would I be without my grandmother?  Faith,Hope and Charity (#0908) is everything my grandmother represents in a woman.  The faith that my grandmother had while she was alive helped me have faith.  The hopes and dreams that my grandmother saw in me, helped me make decisions for myself for the first time in my life when she passed away nearly 3 years ago. Charity, my grandmother was the most charitable woman on the planet and I will never forget the values and morals she taught me throughout my life.. I only got to spend 17 years of my life with her but everything she taught me about Faith, Hope and Charity will forever be in my heart and I will carry them with me for the rest of my life. With the rest of my life coming at me so fast there had to be a beginning. The Carousel (#3345) reminds me of the very first memory I ever had with my father.  I was 3 years old and my dad had taken me to a carnival near the Hamptons in NY. I never thought I could remember things when I was that young but I remember riding the carousel with my father and him holding me up as if he was afraid I was going to fall.. A memory I will never forget. In every life you have happiness and you have things that nearly bring your world to an end.  August 21, 2005 was a life changing day for me.  Charm (#0897), a wheelchair represents my life right now.  That day in August I was in a car accident that left me paralyzed from my waist down.  At first I thought being in a chair was the end of my life, little did I know it was just the beginning.  Shortly after my accident I met the love of my life who also happens to be in a wheelchair, without my accident and what had happened to me I would have never found him. Charm (#6431) The Key that Fits unlocks my heart represents the part of my life that I had been missing.  Chad (my boyfriend) is that key.  After my accident I didn't think I would find love again. I was wrong, he is the part I had been missing, he is what made my heart whole again, and now that my heart is whole, I can start my new life with him. Charm (#6293) the Seattle Skyline represents where I will be starting my new life with Chad.  I have recently moved here, and I can only hope for the best. When hoping for the best we have to stop and make sure that we take EVERYDAY One Day at a time Charm (#7931).

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