ok so i have been thinking alot latly and this year for my 17th birthday i want nothing, no party,no cake, no presents, nothing. what i do want is for my friends/family and anyone who is willing to be a part of this to donate anything they would spend on those they will give me the money and i will donate half of it to CureJM, which JM is Juvinial Myositis. the other half will do to Autism Awareness, i still have to figure out who i send the money to for that one but i chose these to because they are close to my heart. few of you know from reading my poems that i was diagnosed in May of 2009 with Myositis, and Myositis is literly close to my heart if you know what i mean but most of you wont. as for Autism Awareness my little sister Ashley who is featured in more than half of my photos was diagnosed with Autism in 2005, my brother Michael in a few of my photos has Aspergers which is a type of Autism, i know i want to do this and i am going to do it, i need to feel that i can still help even though i know i need help,i need to feel i can make a diffrence and prove to people that even though i am weak i can still do things that will make an impact, getting autism awareness out was always a big thing of mine, its why i wear my braclet that casey gave me everyday, i dont hide that autism is in my family, when i was diagnosed with myositis though i didnt and still dont know what to do, i am more quiet about having it then i am with raising awareness for autism but i need to make people aware of auto-immune illnesses such as Myositis or Lupus and let people know they are not alone, and for me to also know i am not alone

PLEASE I NEED ADVISE AS TO HOW TO GO ABOUT ALL OF THIS AND IF YOU TRULY THINK ITS A GOOD IDEA...PLEASE MESSAGE ME OR COMMENT THIS WITH YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT MY PLAN

please and thankyou

-katherine anderson-

i'm a fighter and i'm not giving up