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Connecting Theories to Real Life My niece, Searah Nicole Aldridge, is six years old. She is probably one of the most important people in my life. She only has one real sibling, and that is her sister, Sabra Maybear Skidmore. Sabra is seven years old. They were both born on September twenty-second, a year apart. They have a younger half-brother Justin Bradley Beulter; he is five years old. He was born August seventeenth. They have two step sisters, Saphire Marie Parks and Raylynn Lorean Parks. Saphire is seven years old, and she was born on September thirtieth. Raylynn is five years old, and she was born on May third. All four girls are in Kindergarten, and my nephew, Justin, is in Pre-school. My sister, Angel Dawn Aldridge, is twenty-seven. She takes care of all five of them while Saphire and Raylynn’s father, Raymond Erwin Parks is on the road. Raymond is a truck driver, so he is only home for two days every two weeks. Raymond is thirty-three years old. Saphire is half-black. I have never met her real father, but I have been told a lot of bad things about him. Saphire and Raylynn’s mom is not any better which is why Raymond has custody of them. Their mom got with Raymond around the time she got pregnant be the other guy. Raymond was there for her throughout …show more content…
I would do anything I could for that child, and she knows it. She is like me in so many ways that my sister calls me out of the blue to yell at me for something she did. I always just laugh. I try and call and talk to them at least once a week, and here lately all I hear about is Halloween. Searah is so excited to be a pirate. Anytime she is on the phone I hear “Arg!” after every sentence. She, then, goes on to tell me about what the others are being for Halloween, even though they have all told me on every phone call. Sabra and Raylynn are being Vampires; Saphire is being a witch, and Justin is being Batman! I am so excited to go home for Halloween, and take them Trick or

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