3 most important things to me

“The three most important things in my life” question didn’t take me long to answer. My answer is probably different from most girls my age. It is also not the generic answer of family, friends, and popularity or a boyfriend. I do value my biological family, my friends from school, and that little bit of popularity I have because of being the only kid in my school who uses a wheelchair. However, these things and people are not the most important things or people in my life.

I think the foremost important thing in my life is my SMA family. In some ways I am closer to this family than I ever will be to my biological family. We, in the SMA family, fight just like every other kind of family but when it comes right down to it we love each other more than any biological family ever could. This is because we understand the problems that each member of this very diverse family faces. It is a rare day if at least one person hasn’t faced a similar problem to the one at hand. We love each other for our differences and similarities. This family faithfully stands by each member of the family in hard times. We are all one heart united by a terrible condition that we will beat together!

The second most important thing to me ties directly into the first. It is the health of my SMA family and myself. When someone is sick, whether it is a kid, teen, or adult with SMA or one of their family members, everyone sends well wishes. We pray that each and every person will stay well. When I am sick, I get so many “get well” cards and e-mails. Every note makes my day a little better!

The third most important thing to me is going to college. This is important to me for a few reasons. First, I want to go to college to continue my education. College, to me, is going to be the place where I get to perfect my talents and actually do something productive with them. I also want to go to college to prove to everyone that it can be done. There have been many people over the years who have told me that I would not be able to do something, so going to college will be my ultimate goal to prove the naysayers wrong.

I’m guessing I did not give the general answer to this question. I don’t know if the things that are important to me will change over the years, but I’m guessing that they will. But right now these things are the most important things and people to me!