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It was a Sunday afternoon in a small town where everyone was heading home from church. I had just gotten out of my fancy church clothes when someone knocked on our door. My mom opened the door to find my aunt Debra outside with a bag and my little cousins Kenly and Chloe. Aunt Debra had to work double shift and the babysitter could only watch the kids one time today , she needed my mom to babysit them. My cousins are two crimson red- headed twin girls with green eyes and freckles twins. Both of my cousins are good kids , when there’s elders around. Chloe is really quiet, even when there isn’t an adult around , she just likes to break things and won't do anything anyone tells her.Kenly is loud and is even louder when there aren’t any adults
My parents and I had gone to visit my aunt who lived in Philadelphia. I was looking forward to meeting her since I had not seen her in my entire life. My aunt had two children; Jake and Amber. They were aged ten and eight respectively. The first encounter I had with my two cousins did not seem quite pleasant. They were uttering ominous words amidst greetings. I put that aside assuming they were just small children. Jake and Amber were television addicts and lovers of X-rated films. I wondered how my aunt had allowed her children to watch such obscene films at a tender age. We were treated to a rude shock when, during meal time, Jake inserted his unwashed hands into the serving pot containing...
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My mother was always stuck watching and taking care of her younger siblings. Sometimes she would get in trouble for not making sure they stayed out of trouble. Not having her own privacy was common for her, since they lived in a...
At first, I had a hard time trying to find an older person to interview, because I did not want to interview my family since I’ve lived with them my whole life. While I was getting ready to interview my friend’s parent, I started reading the questions to myself, and I realized that I do not know the answer to them if I ask my parents. I chose to interview my mother because I have never sat down with her and have a serious deep conversation with her. I realized that I am closer to her than my father, but I’m not as close as I thought I was with her, and it broke my heart when I finally realized that. At the age she is, I finally realized that I have been taking advantage of her and I refused to live this way with her. This interview was emotional for both of us, and it also brought us closer to each other. I am so grateful and happy I did this interview with her.
When I was a few months old, I was placed in foster care because my mother was charged with child endangerment and neglect. I do not know why she was charged but I am sure it had something to do with her severe drug addiction. I stayed in foster care for 4 and a half years before my next of kin was contacted, my grandmother. She traveled back up to New York to begin the process of gaining guardianship of me. (She had done the same arduous process a year earlier for my brother) She was granted custody and quickly moved me away from New York. When my brother was eight and I was seven, our grandmother adopted us and became our permanent legal guardian. My father wasn’t around because he was in prison for numerous charges.
I remember the day she born. I was nervous for the simple fact that my life would never be the same. Soon no longer would I be known as just Ayanna, I would take on a new title. A title that I would share with so many woman, and after eight long hours of labor, I would now be known to the world as mommy.
The silence I was left with was oppressive in which the only thing left to reflect upon is the fact my triplet brother and sister were better than me. Yes, I am a triplet, and although I was the first born I always felt last academically and socially. It was this "competition" that drove me to give up and play video games to escape having to compete. And in my pondering, I couldn't stop myself from beginning to cry after imagining myself sitting in the same seat, in the cold auditorium years later, watching my brother and sister receive the praise from my parents which I so desired but at the same time I did not desire to earn it. I urged myself to stop crying, the last thing I needed to associate with was "big baby" on top of "worst triplet.”
“ Boys! Slow down.” “ Jeffery please sit down before you choke on your hot dog.” “ How did you get those scissors?!” Babysitting Randle and Jeffery requires more than keeping an eye on them throughout the day. Babysitting these twin boys requires me to take on many different roles. I must become a surrogate mother, a chef, a referee, and occasionally a nurse.
A new year had just arrived. I can still picture January in my mind, the mood was sullen and dark, I could feel the cold reaching my bones, but now I know that was the best feeling I‘d ever had. I had only a few weeks left to start college, which had been my dream since I can remember. My dad had already paid for my tuition, I was so exited I had promised to do my best. Then, I realized there was an obstacle in my way. I knew I needed to make a decision on whether or not keeping my pregnancy, it sounds rough, but it was definitive. I did not want to miss school, so I was definitely not taking this to the last term. I just could not think of myself being prostrated in bed for so long, as an impediment to start school. Never, nothing would make me give up on my dreams, and that was another promise I had made to myself.
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My sister and I were just dropped off at my grandma and pap’s RV campground. My sister, my some cousins, and I were staying there. I got settled down on my bunk and my cousin, Chance, asked if I wanted to go Mini Golfing. I said sure. We then asked my cousin Lucas, and he said sure. So my Uncle Bob took us to go.
The day they were leaving, I went ahead and packed everything I needed, and since I really had no experience on babysitting, I spent the night before searching fun activities I could do with the kids. I headed out to Mr. and Mrs. Smith’s house with all my belongings in hand. They greeted me at the door and explained everything, and introduced the kids. There was five year old David, and four year old Kaden. They looked like sweet boys to me and I wasn’t too scared about them not liking me. First, I had them sit down and I explained that there was going to be no hitting, kicking, punching or whatsoever. They agreed and I ...
Childhood is a time when significant events can and will leave impressions on oneself. It is not out of the ordinary that a large event will at least somewhat shape the mind of a child whether they realize it or not. One event that may have altered me somewhat was when I had to move from my old abode of Baileyton, Tennessee to Morristown to live with my grandparents. This was the result of my mother’s eventual passing after a losing battle with Cancer. Experiencing the “real world” so early may have changed how I think about and come to certain conclusions. I do not think this change in my life was necessarily a negative one, as I got to experience a lot of new things that I may have never had the chance to do. Sure, I had to grow up a bit earlier than your usual child, but I also probably reached a stage of maturity before most.
She told me they were in desperate need of a babysitter, probably for the rest of the day. Without hesitating, I said, “I’ll do it”. I ran downstairs to ask if girls if they would join me, sadly I didn’t get responses. They were having so much fun and perhaps they felt uncomfortable going to someone’s home who was unknown to them for an unspecified amount of time. I knew that I would miss out on color war, but I felt compelled to do this
I am the third child out of four in my family, I have one older sister, an older brother and then a younger brother. I was born on January 20th 1997 in Clinton, Ontario. This means I was probably conceived the middle of May sometime. My mother did not take pre-natal pills before I was born because I was not really expected, but she was taking vitamins during this time to stay healthy. My mother did see our family physician while she was pregnant with me. She saw the doctor every month for the first and second trimester and then she saw him every other week in the last trimester. In these checkups they would see if I was gaining weight, check blood pressure, blood levels and just to see if everything was healthy. My mom did not have any screening tests done to see if there was anything wrong because it was not very common to get screening done in our