Starting...

Well, I started writing down some of my thoughts about a week before my 24th Birthday - February 5th. After reading what I had, my Mom suggested writing a blog (probably so she wouldn't be the only one doing it).
I tend to be sporadic and jumpy with my thoughts, so tomorrow I might write about a subject that I will write about again in a week. Deal with it 0=)
My first few entries are probably just going to be copied from what I already have... with the occasional add or delete.

My name is Chelsea Conley, and I am 24 years old. Technically I am 23, but my birthday is next week.
So, you are sitting there, seeing that I am so young, and wondering, "What on Earth does this ‘child’ think she can teach me?" If you are one of "those people", go ahead, put this down and I’m not making you read it. If you happen to be interested in what I have to say, then please, by all means, continue reading.
I’ve been diagnosed with a form of ataxia. Ataxia causes loss of coordination and balance. In other words, I walk like I am drunk. It’s funny, because I had gone to a chiropractor (before I was diagnosed) and he made the comment, "People pay lots of money to feel the way you do (drunk), and here you are trying to get rid of it." It’s funny, but yet it is also sad, no matter how true it is.
My Mother, Kim, (she hates when I call her mother because it means I am mad at her)… My Mom, Kim, has recently been joining all kinds of awareness groups on Facebook about ataxia. I hadn’t realized that there are actually a lot of people out there that suffer from different forms of this. Because I never realized this, I had never taken the time to think that I am not alone. Ataxia is not very much heard of, so there are many people, like me, who want people to become aware of it.
I’m a shy person. I’m generally very quiet and I often try to stay unnoticed. This is why I kind of find it odd that I am writing this. My mom has always referred to me as her ‘save the whale’ child. Maybe that is why. I tend to be overly compassionate and understanding and I want others to be more understanding of me and people like me.