About 6 years ago my Shumway family had a reunion in Sedona under the red rocks and green leaves. This was our first reunion with every member of the family. We reserved several camp sites in the camp grounds and would gather in the dirt lot next to my family’s camper. My dad has seven sisters and one brother. Each of his siblings got married and had a few kids, blessing me with over forty-five cousins, just on the Shumway side. If you have ever seen my family, you know we are a rowdy bunch. All of us are weird, loud, and slightly short tempered. Especially when all sixty of us get together, we are definitely a walking circus, and, may I add, a very entertaining family to watch.
During this amazing vacation, I was about twelve years old and considerably immature (I’m pretty sure I brought Barbies for the car ride over.) We had a lot of time on our hands because there was no way the adults would stay sane with forty-five kids running around a restaurant or the busy streets of Sedona. I was totally fine with that though because it meant we got to play cards, rope swing, swim in the creek nearby, and hang around a fire all weekend long. One day as we were all hanging out in one of the cabins, one of my aunts called me into a room and sat me down on the bed. With a concerned look on her face she quietly said, “ You know, Savana, you would be really pretty if you just stood up straighter. I’ve …show more content…
I ran in the other direction, grabbing Briana from a conversation with another cousin. I could not believe that my aunts were so cruel and harsh. The tenacity they had to tell me how to be pretty without one kind word about me made me angry. I expressed my anger, frustration, and sadness that all my aunts thought I was ugly because I had bad
During this amazing vacation, I was about twelve years old and considerably immature (I’m pretty sure I brought Barbies for the car ride over.) We had a lot of time on our hands because there was no way the adults would stay sane with forty-five kids running around a restaurant or the busy streets of Sedona. I was totally fine with that though because it meant we got to play cards, rope swing, swim in the creek nearby, and hang around a fire all weekend long. One day as we were all hanging out in one of the cabins, one of my aunts called me into a room and sat me down on the bed. With a concerned look on her face she quietly said, “ You know, Savana, you would be really pretty if you just stood up straighter. I’ve …show more content…
I ran in the other direction, grabbing Briana from a conversation with another cousin. I could not believe that my aunts were so cruel and harsh. The tenacity they had to tell me how to be pretty without one kind word about me made me angry. I expressed my anger, frustration, and sadness that all my aunts thought I was ugly because I had bad