Autobiography
December 8, 1987, 7:15 AM, my mother says; “Doug, its time.” “Uhh, ok honey. I’ll get the car ready!” Born in Carson City, NV, in the hands of Dr.Salt, was Jennifer Anne Bigelow. Back in 1987 Barton Memorial Hospital was not considered to be very reliable, so my parents chose to make the drive over the pass to Carson City. The birth was a cesarean section, due to the fact that my older sister, Audrey Elizabeth took 36 hours.
Before we start lets review the main characters of the story, who are the immediate members of my family; my dad, Douglas Hawkins Bigelow; 60 years old, Joan Elizabeth Bigelow; 57 years old, my sister, Audrey Elizabeth Bigelow; 23 years old, and finally, the baby, Jennifer Anne Bigelow; 20 years old. These people have affected the path of my life more than any others, and I consider them to be my number one priority.
Life on Country Club Drive was pleasant; this was where I lived from birth until age 7. Our house was on the fifth hole of Lake Tahoe Golf Course, and one of the first things I can remember was the vast amount of snow that used to fall back then. My dad had a huge riding snow blower and used to plow our driveway and our neighbors’. The snow seemed inconceivably huge as it towered over-head, and it was an amazing feeling to play in when my sister and I were little.
When I was young my sister was my closest companion. Two and three-quarter years separates my sister and I, which made me always look up to her. What should I wear, ask my sister, what kind of music should I listen to, ask my sister, and many other instances. I am extremely blessed to have a great role model in my life in the form of my sister.
When my sister and I were about 8 and 5, respectively, we started to make friends with our neighbor across the street, Kelly. I mention this event because Kelly was one of the first people that I can remember outside of my family. So, we would both go over to Kelly’s house and plan to have sleep overs, but for some reason my sister and I would never end up staying. Kelly was my first friend as a child, but she wasn’t a nice person. Whenever we would go across the street, before we left my mom would say, “If Kelly starts being mean, you can always come home.” The only reason that we thought we should be friends with her was because she lived so close to us, but it ended up that we only hung out with her for a few months. This was a relationship that shaped my future because it made me apprehensive to stay other places than the comfort of my own home, and I hadn’t really figured out what a friend should be.
I had always preferred being with my family over other people, which I believe has formed my introverted personality. My mom and dad raised my sister with the right amount of freedom and guidelines, which made us grow closer to them. I am more close with my dad than anyone else in this world. He is a role model and a friend, and from the day where it was just he and I playing golf together until today he has taught me so much. My dad worked at Raleys grocery store for 35 years, and just recently retired to start working at Lake Tahoe Golf course. I started playing golf at age 6 and still play today. The golf course is a major part of my entire life, and can remember the quality hours that I spent with my father there. He is, by far, the most intelligent person I have ever met, and has a genius IQ. He does not like to advertise this, but he can figure anything out, which has helped me to realize the potential that I possess as a young student striving to learn and make a career out of something that I love.
My parents wanted my sister and I to realize our potential as individuals from a young age, which is why we started working early. My sister and I would go out on the golf course, collect and clean the balls that we found, re-package them with boxes that were labeled J&L Golf Balls, and sit out in front of house and sell the balls to golfers on their way by. My mom also has her own housekeeping business, so from age 10 I have been helping her clean her houses, which is not the easiest or most fun job ever. I had my first real job at age 15, at Raleys, and have always taken pride in the fact that they raised me with a strong work ethic.
Coming from a lower middle class family has been hard at times. As I grew older the concept of money became much clearer, as my parents sold our house and started renting a much smaller house off of Tahoe Keys Boulevard. The first house which we lived in after the golf course was 729 Michael Drive, where we lived for five years, and then one day my dad picked me up from middle school, took me down our street but turned when we got there into a different driveway, we were moving four houses down the street, into a different house, but I didn’t know why. It turned out that we had been evicted. Money was tight, and we had to move. My sister and I felt like we were being uprooted again, and it was a strange feeling. Dragging boxes down the street as our neighbors watched us was something that made me feel inadequate, and poor. I hadn’t felt like that before, but it was to happen again.

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