One day I was just in my room laying down and my older sister walks in and says “ Raegan” I said “ what Katelyn ?” She said “ do you ever think of it your mom named you with both of your names starting with r she should of picked something different “ I said “ Katie it’s not like she knew I wouldn’t be able to say it. She just like the name she prolly didn’t think I wouldn’t be able to not say the sound r.” So like I think it’s kind of funny because she didn’t know I wouldn’t be able to say it.

No I really don’t keep me not being able to say my ‘ r’ sound a secret. I don’t just walk up to someone either though and introduce myself as “ hi my name is raegan and I can’t say the r sound “ just if they ask me I tell them. I don’t go out of my way to tell them though just if they catch it and ask I tell them about it.

Over the weekend, I had a volleyball tournament in cape. We was starving all day so we decided to go eat at Buffalo Wild Wings and actually get full. I have never been to Cape Buffalo Wild Wings so I didn’t know the waitresses, so I was with my friends. Well the only thing i really ordered was my drink and I wanted a Pepsi so that was easy to say. When it came to ordering food though I just got exactly what my friend Keylee got and she told the waitress for me “ she wants the same “ so I shouldn’t of even really have worried about it. Because I didn’t really have to say anything. I should really start working on getting less worried.

Me not being able to say the sound ‘r’ makes me who I am. Like sometimes I wonder how life would be if I could, how different would I be? Would I have the same friends ? Would I act the same? But then I remember this is my life, this is who I’m supposed to be. Life wouldn’t be normal if the girl named Raegan Riley could say the sound ‘ r’ correctly her whole life. This is my life, to me it’s normal. Some might think I need to fix it and stuff but then would I actually be myself? Everyone has flaws and this is just one of mine. There’s no point in trying to change who I am.

Usually on my blog all I talk about is me not being able to say the sound ‘r’. Today I’m going to tell you about my life at the moment. Today’s my first day actually in school since Monday. I tried to come Tuesday but I left in 1st hour because I was very sick, then I woke up in the middle of the night Wednesday getting sick so I didn’t even attempt to come to school. Today tho it’s good, I’m not really sick anymore and today’s a good day. So my life has been very tiring the past few days since all I did was sleep.

Heres another image to try and help people understand why I don’t say it right, and how i could try and fix it.

When i was younger it was hard I admit that. I hated to talk, I hated my voice and the way I sounded I used to bawl. No one was able to understand me it was horrible. The only people who knew what I was saying was the people who was always around me, to know the way I said things. Now the only time I really mess up is when my tongue gets a little tied. But when that happens I just slow down and finish what I was saying then keep going and it’s all better. So i have had rough spots but now that I’m older I really don’t have any big problems like I used to.

Its to the point that me and my friends just joke about it. We always try and challenge myself to say words that I can’t, like car, girl and things like that. Then we just laugh about it later. Then one of my friends sometimes says my name wrong without an ‘r’ on purpose just so we can laugh. It’s to the point I don’t really care, it’s going to stay the way it is basically so I just chill with it and just laugh about it.

Maybe this picture can actually help people. So I posted it to help others.

Another reason why I ‘ dropped ‘ out of speech was because my cousin from out of the state is actually a speech therapist, and really good at it. So we just said if it got too bad that, I would just have her teach me but it’s not really that bad for me. As of right now, I don’t think it’s necessary to have her come and teach me some because I’m doing okay. So I’m just chilling honestly.