The Beginning

Who am I?  - My name is Alyssa Coleman. I am currently 19 years old. Brown hair with eyes that change color from blue, green, and gray. I grew up in Richmond, Virginia (but I'm not your typical southern girl). 

My objective? - To share my story with who ever cares to read it. 

Why I am doing this? - I am sick. I have been diagnosed through out my life with various diseases. Most of which have been simply minor bumps in the road however unfortunately it seems some are life threatening. That knowledge changes things. You begin to see the world differently. You begin to see yourself differently. 

I've realized that life is to short to live the stereotypical way (not that there is anything wrong with that way, it just isn't the right way for me). I was originally living this way. I graduated from high school, got into college. Moved to Redlands, California to go to the University of Redlands (which I highly recommend for any one looking at colleges) but with only a couple weeks left in the first semester of my freshmen year I had to take a leave of absence for medical reasons. If I hadn't had left, I would have finished out college, maybe go to grad school, gotten a job at some company, eventually get married and have a couple of kids, and so on. Now?

I am going to live. 

I am going to live out my dreams! Travel the world and just be me, completely free. So this is The Beginning of something I have no idea what will become.