My Sister Biography

I was born on April 28th, 1997 in Elmhurst, Illinois. My parents were young and had not even been married for two years. My older sister was conceived on my parents’ wedding night while I was conceived on my parents One-Year Anniversary. My older sister is a year and three days older than me. Because my parents were young and struggling financially, we lived with my maternal grandmother at the time of my birth; she helped take care of my older sister and me. As a child, my family and I moved around quite a bit from state to state so my dad could find a job. Before I was born, my parents and my sister lived in Alabama with my maternal grandmother. Both my parents came from families of divorce so they were determined to stay together.
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My parents bought a house with my maternal Grandfather who ended up living with us and continued to live in the house after we moved away. The financial struggles of my family continued, my father had to take a job as a train conductor in Chicago. Of course as a child, I didn’t realize my family’s financial issues. I always remember having plenty to eat, an abundance of toys for my sisters and I to play with, and my family and I even went to Disney World twice. In kindergarten, my mother forced me to join Girl Scouts. My mother ended up being a co-leader of my troupe. My mother and her co-leader forced her daughter and I to have a play date. There were two kindergarten classes at our school, and she was in the other class. We came from two completely different worlds. It was a rough start but we eventually ended up becoming best friends. I still try and visit her every summer. At first, I did everything she told me to do. I was afraid she wouldn’t like me. Looking back I now realize this was due to my …show more content…
This was probably the start to one of the biggest turning points in my life. With my father working for the government, they gave us money to help pay for our housing. This was the most my father was earning with extra expendable money. We only ended up living in Virginia for a year so I honestly don’t remember much of it. I made friends with a few of the neighborhood kids. It felt like as soon as we were all unpacked we had to get ready to uproot our life again. One thing about constantly moving is this that the only constant aspect of your life is your family. Throughout my childhood and teenage years I’ve developed a very close relationship with my parents and