Welcome to the Born To Be ME Page
This page is being created for my Dad. His name was Charlie. He was misunderstood by many. Sometimes people called him different. People call me different, all the time because I am just like him. Identical in fact. And I could not be happier! I would rather be different than not be ME. And I do not care anymore what anyone thinks! Because I do not care to hear any opinions that anyone has of me any longer I am writing this with an honest heart to maybe help others. Too many people in the world today focus other people’s mistakes and who they are. And while I can have opinions of others also, because I am human and do possess an ego just like everyone else, I try everyday to look into the mirror at who I am rather than out of the window at others. But do not get me wrong, I can and do look out the windows.
I Was Not Born To Be Nothing - I Was Born To Be ME!
This is my Dad and me. He was kind and loving. He worked hard and he was not selfish. He went to heaven before I could even appreciate the great father I had. I miss him every day. I guess you could say, after 50 years of not having him, I have gotten use to him not being here. I still look foward to seeing him again someday. I know he will be exactly the same!
I woke up today May 9, 2026 thinking I would love to share his story. And not because I need to talk about nothing, I want to talk about my father and who he was and who I am because of it. He did not have any formal education but he was smart and I believe if he lived in a differerent time, it may have been different.
While he was never diagnosed as having autism when I look back at it as the adult I am today, I can bet he was autistic. I call myself a highly fuctional autistic person because of what I have studied and noticce about me and know about me as an adult. And when I look back at his life I see so many traits of autism in my Dad and in my sisters as well.
I guess I am writing this for two reasons. One is to show people I do not care what they think of me anymore and to educate people of what it is like to have autism traits and not be fully diagnosed but still have to function in a world with people pointing fingers. And while I am fully functional, I graduated from a university and I run my entire life alone, people always think differently of me.
I no longer need or want to be accepted by anone because I talk to much or I get upset at certain things and I do not like doors slaming or loud noises. I am detailed beyong being detailed and people do not understand it and do not want to accept it. Some poeple think I am trying to be arrogant or better than them. And I find it is mostly all people who have issues themselves. And while I have many of these traits, I am kind, loving and want to help people learn above anything esle because I am a teacher first and foremost.
If I had autism traits you could see with your eyes or hear with your ears, you would not treat me the way many people do. So because of that I am here to educate people that people like me were not born to be nothing they were born to be themselves.
Look at your pinocchio nose if at all possible and see what is at the end of it while holding a mirror. djddjd