Sunday, December 30, 2012

Louis' Mom checked out my blog!

Johannah Darling RTed the link to my blog!


Hi guys, I just wanted to let you know, Sara finally got the attention of Johannh (Louis' mom). It was great to see she was finally recognize and not only Sara was noticed but so was Damien. Hope you guys keep supporting us. Thanks Johannah.

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Damien: @Damien_Reed1D
Francoises: @FrancoisesG

Go ahead and check out The Damien Project now :)!
-Francoises G xoxo

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Damien Reed's Story

Little Miracle

Ok so this isn't necessarily about the boys, but it's about someone who means just as much to me. His name is Damien Reed. He is probably one of the most talented, sweetest, and caring guys I have ever met. He is an aspiring song writer who is also a directioner. He looks up to the boys and Ed Sheeran, and I know that one day he is going to be just as talented. Now he doesn't sing, but he doesn't have to in order to have his beautiful music and story to be heard. So that is where you guys come in. I need all of you guys reading this right now to tweet @TheEllenShow and say"#TheDamienProject" with a link to this post. This is his story.


In january eighteen years ago which happened to be the blizzard of ninety four nobody knew it but God had a special plan in store that day. A little baby boy that nobody saw coming, so they figured at least not for another three months, but gods gift decieded to come that day and the baby only weighed two pounds, not a sound to be heard when he was brought into this world. Laying there like a stone; because his lungs were not fully developed, the doctor and nurses knew that he had to have special care and knowing that they did not have all the equipment that was needed and there was no time to waste, because the closest hospital wasnt for miles. Of course the storm had slowed everything down but they knew they needed to keep going to keep this baby safe.  That baby was me. I was born 3 month premature and only weighed two pounds

It all started when my mother started having severe pains she said it felt like she was going into labor and knew it was way too early, so she went to the hospital the doctor said that they didn’t see anything that was alarming and sent her home. A few days later she was still experiencing the pain she was having before so they went back to the hospital again but this time she saw a different doctor and it turned out her placenta was torn. They told her that she was going to have to have me early. She was being set up for an emergency C-section; they had a very rough time with delivery. I finally arrived only weighing two pounds but since I was so small and so early my lungs weren’t fully developed and I wasn’t able to breathe on my own. They had to rush me to a hospital in Pittsburgh because they didn’t have the right equipment for me there, but because of the blizzard they couldn’t life flight me, so they had to take me by ambulance. They didn’t have any oxygen machine in the ambulance so one of the nurses had to hand pump me oxygen the whole way there, so I believe she was one of those angels that saved my life. 

The most of the next three month I spent hooked up to a bunch of machines and breathing tubes to keep me alive. All of my family members came every day to visit me; they couldn’t get over how small I was. The only thing was that no one was allowed touching me a lot because of a sensory issue but my Dad he was never really one to listen to anyone or follow any rules. So when I was able to breathe on my own my dad would always take me out and hold me, he always said he remembered that I was so small that I fit in his palm. That’s crazy if you ask me. This whole time I was in the hospital my Mom was still in Altoona hospital recovering, but when I was strong enough and didn’t need assistance breathing anymore they sent me back to Altoona. From there my Mom was pretty much back to good health and we were all able to go home and live our lives and my parents thought everything would be great from there on, but of course they weren’t so right. 
         
 The first couple years seem to be perfect for my Mom and Dad they had their first child and couldn’t ask for anything better. When I was growing up I was a really behaved baby but of course like all babies I could be very moody at times. My parents started to notice that something wasn’t quite right I wasn’t developing like I should be; going through all the phases like pulling myself up, sitting up, crawling, and then walking seemed to be challenges for me. I seem to have trouble sitting up by myself, and crawling; so my crawling pertained to more of a “military crawl” and walking was not in the picture at all. My parents knew that something about it wasn’t right so they went to the doctors for an opinion, but all they got was he just a “late bloomer” it seems. They left it at that for now and just went home, growing older like five, six, or seven nothing seemed to change. I was still having trouble walking on my own, so they went to the doctors again they knew this time they couldn’t have any other excuse. This time the doctors did show concern, but they couldn’t seem to figure out the situation at hand. They recommend us to go a specialist in Pittsburgh at the Children’s Hospital there, and that’s what we did. 

Shriners Children’s Hospital, this is the place where I spent most of my childhood and where my parents and I got the news that we thought at the time was going to change all our lives for the worst. When we first arrived to the hospital they ran a bunch of tests to see what they could find after hours of waiting and so much puzzling thoughts they finally found out what was wrong. The diagnosis was Cerebral Palsy, which affects body movement, muscle control, muscle coordination, muscle tone, reflex, posture and balance. It is actually caused by brain damage or abnormal development, in my case it was caused by all the oxygen loss from before, during and after I was born. They couldn’t actually pinpoint when exactly the damage was done either way it was so much information for us to take in. 

You could say I spent most of my childhood in that hospital, which I pretty much did but gratefully I was never alone my Mom and Dad were always there visiting. They would come back and forth and would spend nights at end there. While I was there I went through surgery after surgery from hamstring release, heel cord release, abductors/adductors release, and surgeries for a groin and belly button hernia. Along with the surgeries I had all kind of different therapy sessions from sensational (sensory), occupational, and of course physical. All to strengthen me, but they really couldn’t do very much else, so after months of hard work, hope, and doubt I was able to leave and go home. We had much more doubt when they gave us the news that was very devastating to us at the time; they told us that I would NEVER be able to walk on my own. That I would always have to use my wheelchair, walker or crutches and after we heard that it was like all hope was lost but we just didn’t want to leave it at that so their doubt was our hope and we just went home. 

At this point I knew one thing that I never wanted to see a hospital again for a very long time. I was finally home and I was finally free it seemed, but of course everything was a challenge that I did and I knew that I’ll always have limitation. That didn’t stop me I had an amazing childhood just with a bunch of hurdles to jump through from school to having to go to therapy multiple times a week. I was grateful for it though each day I went to therapy I grew stronger and stronger. I am very glad my Mom was a stay at home Mom and she was able to get me all the help I needed and my Dad had a great and steady job at the time that help pay for all the expenses. 

Growing up was rough not going to lie but I took it day by day and never gave up and every day I got stronger and so many people in my life gave me hope. Then that one day came the day myself, my family, my friends and the doctors will never forget that day was when I walked, me, all on my own with no help from anyone or anything. Going from a wheelchair to a walker to crutches to nothing, and this was all from hard work and hope that was never lost. It seemed like I was stronger than the doctor’s accusations, and there was no doubt there, now if only I could show the doctor that told us that non sense where I am at now and that I proved her wrong and to see her reaction and face would be priceless.

 I always wished that I could be a role model for somebody to tell them everything I went through and how I never gave up and that I’m still till this day following my dreams no matter what the challenge or how many I went through, I stuck it out. I mean look at me now I’m a college student studying for something I’m going to enjoy day in and day out being a Child Psychologist. I have my younger brother to thank for that, he also has Cerebral Palsy (we are certainly a family full of odds) but he also was diagnosed with Asperger’s and he inspired me to follow these dreams. I always knew that God had a plan for me now I’m starting to see and I’m going to keep my head held high and see what else he has in store for me. 

I close my eyes as time flies by I open them again and I'm eighteen. I look in the mirror and all I see is someone who is no longer me but someone who is new and improved, everything else still the same. Except I am no longer scared of what is ahead because now I'm ready to follow my dreams instead and I'm never going to stop because there’s a fighting will inside me you're just not able to see. The only ones that can see are the ones that really know me, my family and friends. One person in particular that always saw something special in me was my Mom, to her I always be her “little miracle.”


Now I know how powerful us directioners can be so PLEASE, help me out and make Damien's dream of becoming a song writer come true. He really, truly, deserves it. His story needs to be heard so please, help us with #TheDamienProject. Thank you. -Sara F. :)

HAYLOR IS DONE.

Haylor is over..?

Hey gorgeousness, sorry I haven't updated in the LONGEST! But I thought I'd update you Harry girls with the news ;)! Well from what I heard Haylor is no more! "Taylor got bored of Harry" and "There was pics Taylor with a 27 yr-old guy" "Harry and the rest of the unfollowed Taylor on Twitter" "Lou Teasdale confirmed it was done" and "Harry confirmed Haylor was over on BBC radio". 
So go ahead Harry girls, celebrate and rejoice together.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Haylor Rumors!

Haylor Who??


So I know everbodys and their moms have heard about the "Haylor" rumors. I also know that everbody has an opinion. For most Harry girls its "OMG, THE WORLD IS ENDING! WHY DOES SHE STILL EXIST! KILL ME NOW! WHERE IS MY BEN AND JERRY'S!" and everybody else is usually like "Ugh, why does she date a different guy every two seconds!". Either way I would say 95% of directioners are against Haylor. I can totally see why, but I don't think she's worth sending the awful death threats and hate messages she's getting. I personally think that she should try staying single for a year or two. I think it would be interesting to see how it impacts her. Maybe she won't have as much "inspiraration" or maybe she will have twice as much, but either way I think it would be good for her. I'm not a MASSIVE Taylor Swift fan, but I do respect her. For all we know, they could just be friends. Sure Olly confirmed it, but maybe he was doing exactly what we are and just going by the tabloids. We've seen the pictures of them holding hands, but believe it or not friends do hold hands. I hold hands with my friends all the time! The supposed "sleepovers" are a little suspicious, but meh...All I know is that I am not going to believe anything I hear until it comes straight from Harry or Taylor. You don't have to ship it, but you don't have to send hate and death threats either. So lets all just calm down and continue with our lives. If you want less drama, go to the Mr. Moseby fandom...everything is super chill over there XD.
                                                                                   -Sara F. :)

STRANGER DANGER!!!!

Hiya!!

Hi! I'm Sara F. and I will be on here posting some stuff everyonce in awhile so I figured I should tell you about me. First off, Francoises will still be posting, but she felt bad about not posting as often so that's where I come in. Anyways back to the boring stuff about me. Uhhh well...I guess I'll start off with how I became a directioner :). About a year ago I was in gym class and I heard What Makes You Beautiful on the radio and I just kinda bopped my head to it. When I got home I wanted to listen to it so I googled the lyrics and I soon decided to youtube the band name. The first video I saw was the video they did with Carlos Pena from Big Time Rush. I remember only really hearing Niall's voice so I thought they were all Irish XD. Then after that it all kinda went downhill. The video diaries, find the phone, interviews, songs and sooner or later I realized that I was becoming obsessed. I later found One Direction Imagines on Tumblr and I would spend hours upon hours reading them. After I realized how much I loved Tumblr I made one. And now I still spend hours on Tumblr stalking the One Direction tags and imagines (yeah I have no life, thats kinda like the after effects of Tumblr.). I go to school with Francoises and we have photography together so we basically spend the whole period fangirling haha. I'm hoping to go to culinary school when I graduate highschool and maybe move to Europe (not just because of the boys i've always wanted to go there.). I'm known as the smart, funny, motherly one in my group of friends. They usually call me mom, mother, and mommy -.-. I have like five directionater friends and I cringe whenever they talk about 1D but I don't correct them because we all have to go through the "carrot stage" to be a directioner. I laugh and talk a lot and i'm very sarcastic. I currently have straight A's and I got an academic achievement award in 6th grade. Thats probably the only thing i've ever won haha. I have a fear of letting people down, performing in front of people, and construction paper. Yes, i'm a freak, but i'm proud of it. Soooo....that's me. im kinda boring but yeah...So hopefully I'll be posting some stuff everyonce in awhile! BYE!! -Sara F. :) 
My ugly face haha.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Subscribe to Liam's YouTube Channel!

Liam's New YouTube Channel


Liam had tweeted "coming soon... are you excited? ;) http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0NVoq39S_9xU6lZORdNekw/videos?view=0"  on Liam's Youtube. He mentioned in his bio "Feel free to ask me if there is songs you want me to play or anything you guys want to see, I just want to do something extra for all you amazing fans to show you how grateful I am for all your hard work and all the amazing support you give me and the boys."  

Click the link to check out Liam's YouTube channel and go ahead subscribe!

Bambi Awards For The Boys!

One Direction wins Pop International Award


The boys performed LWWY and won a Bambi Award for Pop International. Check out the videos of their amazing performances :)!