ess about Neurofibromatosis. The speech was giving to try to make "an effort to raise awareness of a disease that is in dire need of acknowledgment, community education, and extensive research if we are going to find a cure." It shows how she is a very admirable person who is willing to do almost anything in order to help a loved one, and others that might have the disease as well. To try to put and end to the disease and find a cure. What is even more commendable is that she went to herself, and didnt just send a representative instead. Gillian Anderson has definitely had her share of achievements and failures, but she has a single greatest for each. Her greatest achievement is when she gave parturition to her daughter named Piper Maru. Gillian has always felt unhappy, in a sense that something was missing in her life. When she had Piper, the emptiness inside of her was filled, and she was truly content for the first time in her life. Piper has kept her in check, and she is blessed to have such a wonderful little girl. Piper is constantly teaching Gillian new things, which seems unlikely to becoming from a 4 year old, but she claims it is true. A daughter is what Gillian needed, a companion to love and go through the journey of life with. Therefore, Gillian is at that point in her life when she can say that she has a purpose. To be there for her daughter, to guide her through life. Her greatest failure would have to be losing her virginity at the age of 13. She lost it to a punk guy. She says it was "awkward, stupid, unadulterated crap. Ill think youll find that most peoples first times are less then mind-blowing." Gillian battled with sex, alcohol, relationships, and family during her teenage years. What she thought was that if someone liked her then she was obligated to sleep with him. What Gillian didnt realize was that she had a choice. "It was another way to get attention." She also said that "I didnt enjoy it...
