The tail of Tow Sisters

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In a small town not to far from here there live a very wealthy family. In this family The Dad, Greg, was always working, and the Mom, Kathleen, was the one who took care of their two kids. They had two girls the eldest was named Rebecca, and the youngest was Samantha. Now, when Samantha was little everyone loved her, and her sister was fine with that. Rebecca knew that once she had a younger sister she would have to take more responsibilities in her life. Once Samantha got older she started to get very jealous of her older sister. As Rebecca got older she started to receive more attention than her sister Samantha. She started to think that her parents didn’t love her anymore, because all they ever talked about was Rebecca. Rebecca this and, Rebecca that, was all she thought her parents said. She just kept hearing why can’t you be more like you sister, why aren’t you in this class like your sister. Samantha just started to get very jealous of everyone always paying attention to Rebecca, never commenting always commenting on her achievements, and pointing out everything wrong with her own. Samantha felt neglected and tossed to the side of her family. Rebecca started noticing Samantha’s behavior, and asked her, “Samantha is everything okay? Because if it is not can I try to help you?” Sam said, “Everything is great, just absolutely fine. I just need sometime to think to myself for a while, so could you just leave me alone.” Then Rebecca replied, “Okay but if you ever need anybody to talk to, my door is always open.” After a few years Samantha slowly fell into a deep depression. Soon did Rebecca saw that others did not give her sister her own chance, and she only stood by and watched. Then When their two parents died Rebecca was... ... middle of paper ... ...rd time in her life. She also asked for guidance in helping her sister noticing that they were going through a rough patch. As she was asking for help, her sister was doing the same thing. Asking for help in saving the little of what was left of the relationship she had with her sister. When the months passed after the two sisters started to grow together rather than separately. When Rebecca would get a lot of praise, instead of basking in the glory of it she would change the subject so it would direct towards her sister more often. They were back to the way they were before the whole feud started. Then they realized that it was not just a coincidence that they both were ready to reconcile at the same time, that it must have been a work by the hands of God, because both of them don’t think they would have been able to talk to the other one without the help of God.

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