1. Personal Growth Timeline
Blakeley Caldwell

2. Parents began years of reading to/with me
Began 10 years of piano lessons
Began years of art lessons
Birth
Age 1
Age 5
Age 7
Age 7
Met Lynde Swanner (Langsten), my life- long friend and mentor
Had first of 6 teachers to profoundly advance my academic and personal confidence

3. Age 7.5 Age 7.5 Age 8 Age 9 Age 10 Came to know Jesus and was baptized
Gained a life-long friend who has special needs
Had first life- threatening asthma attack
Age 7.5
Age 7.5
Age 8
Age 9
Age 10
Began 8 summers of helping/working at mother’s preschool’s summer camps
Met Deborah, lifelong friend who gave me security to be involved in church youth

4. Effective challenge by small group leader to read the Bible daily
Joined band
Losing the house my family built
Age 11
Age 12
Age 12
Age 13
Age 14
Family move to Melissa, TX
Middle school cheerleading & met Savannah, my lifelong best friend

5. Not making varsity cheer (but making JV instead)
The sudden resolve that my big goal was to get into the University of Texas
Time of emotional struggle
Age 14
Age 14
Age 15
Age 15
Age 16
Began babysitting Lynde’s kids
Made varsity cheer

6. Began teaching piano lessons to children
Was automatically accepted to UT and accepted to Baylor
Financial difficulties that made Baylor impossible & began work at Cotton Patch
Age 16
Age 17
Age 18
Age 18
Age 18
Toured Baylor (on the way to UT)
Realization that I longed to go to Baylor far more than UT

7. Floods of scholarships to Baylor right before accepting UT’s acceptance
Graduated from High School
Got called the day before the last Line Camp that there was a spot open for me
Age 18.5
Age 18.5
Age 18.5
Age 18.5
Age 18.5
Decision to attend Baylor
Very emotionally and physically difficult summer

8. Went to Line Camp (Gained lifelong best friend that’s made college 150% better
Moved to BU, thus ending the unfortunate summer
Age 18.5
Age 18.5
Age 19
Age 19
Age...
Also at Line Camp gained feeling of connection and place
At a place of contentment and feeling ever fortunate