Reflection Paper About Meeting Nav

Meeting Nav My family and I were on our way to the airport to pick up this little boy named Nav. “He’s your brother” my mom and dad would keep telling me. I didn’t believe it. I was 3 years old and it all seemed like some type of joke. I went along and thought having a baby brother, getting to boss him around, and forcing him to listen to me would not be so bad. Having a brother brought a tremendous change in my life. In 1997, my parents had decided that they couldn’t take care of two children at the same time, so they sent Nav to India when I was a month old and he was a year old. As a baby or even growing up into my toddler years I don’t recall Nav’s name even being brought up, neither did anyone mention that I had a brother. The drive to the airport seemed very long. As a three year old all I could think about was who is replacing me and why. We got to the airport. My parents went running towards this man holding a little kid with a turban, and that little turban kid was my brother Nav. Nav wasn’t a baby, but in fact was older than me this made me feel like I was betrayed even though I wasn’t. I started to grow hatred for the kid that I had never even talked to or seen before in my life. Calling Nav my brother was the last thing I wanted to do. That night Nav sat in the passenger seat as we were going back home. I was jealous because I was …show more content…
High school came around, and Nav slowly became my best friend. He showed me off as his sister. We actually didn 't mind communicating with each other, and things changed for the better. Senior year which was not too long ago became very exhausting. I was emotionally and physically done between high school, work, family, and friends. Out of all people only one person was there for me making sure I’m getting my work done, and getting enough sleep and that was