Well, I’ll have to level with you and state that I’m a wise 36. Yeeessh…I’m gettin’ old! But, the good news is that my highly educated bone age is between 17 and 18. Doctors use specific signs such as the calcification of epiphyses (growth plates) to age children and young adults and other signs to age the elderly. They check me once a year, because my growth plates have not yet fully calcified. I am a marvel of modern medicine. Doctors are dumbfounded, when they meet me for the first time.
Today, I had lunch with me pops. He made a lot of mistakes and did a lot of wrong when I was younger, but he is doing his best to rectify the situation. He told a waitress that it was a miracle for me to be sitting there and not six feet under a long time ago. He is truly amazed by my aspirations. Like him, I attempt to ascend the highest peak, whether I believe that I can do it or not.
When I was less than a year old, doctors tried to convince my parents to put me in a home. They told them that I’d be a hindrance and useless. They went on to tell me mum and pops that I’d never accomplish anything, and that I’d most likely require 24hr. assistance. They basically said that I was worthless after being ravaged by spinal meningitis. They said I was retarded, crippled, blind, and utterly useless.
Half of those doctors are probably dead now! I respect doctors for giving me the tools to stay alive, but at the same time, I’m cursing them for being the ultimate know it alls.
Never give up! There is no impossible. Forget that word! Keep climbing, even when you are tired and weak. Keep going and remember the ultimate prise! Let the winds of hope set you aloft on wings of destiny. And, stand victoriously on the crown that overlooks those that have mocked you. Just smile! 
I have not accomplished everything that I set out to do, but you can believe that I’m not giving up! I’ve not been published, nor have my photos won in major awards. But, I will not give up on my dreams.
I have previously stated that I am leaving for Dublin on the 15th of April. That was my plan, but I’ve had to push it up a few weeks due to financial constraints! I have rescheduled for April 30th. I am coming, even if I have to sleep on a mother f****n bench! Who needs to sleep anyway when there is Guinness?!?
Believe in yourself and what is not normally attainable. Because, if you believe and work hard enough towards what you desire, you’ll attain it.
Now, I expect a pint of Guinness awaiting me, when I get off the plane in Dublin. Don’t you think I deserve a pint for motivating the lot of you? I do!
Have a good laugh at my expense in the photos below.
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But, my images were better! 
