Babysitting: A Short Story

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The itsy bitsy spider went up the mountain top. This nursery rhyme was a part of my daily ritual for a solid month the summer between my junior and senior year of high school. This past June, I was a live-in nanny for my cousin’s two-year-old daughter, Aliyah. Babysitting is one thing, but when you are with a child for 10 plus hours a day, you become a leader quickly. The experience of working with one so young ended up helping me to mature in several surprising ways. I was used to only being responsible for me, nobody else. I did what I wanted, when I wanted. I didn’t realize it then, but I was still the baby of my family. My Mom always woke me up each morning for school, she made my lunch and sent me on my way. People were always doing

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