Siblings-Personal Narrative

Violet grew up in a house with five children and two parents. Her father had been a doctor and her mother a high school teacher. When she was young, no older than seven or eight, her father had died suddenly of a heart attack. Her mother managed to support herself and all the children from teaching and the money her husband had saved up during his years as a doctor. While they were never poor, there was never any extra money either. Now, Violet’s mother was old, and she had recently began to lose her memory. The five siblings has gotten together to decide what to do. Put her in a nursing home one suggested. But that seemed cruel. Move her from one sibling’s house to another, rotating every so often. This idea seemed reasonable at first, …show more content…
She could not wait for her first day off. As the sun began to rise, Violet threw the last of her things into the car and headed off down the freeway. She was on her way out of the city and back to where she wanted to be. After the freeways ended Violet drove for miles and miles down narrow windy roads, surrounded on either side by towering trees. High overhead squirrels jumped from branch to branch dashing after each other. At last she arrived at her campsite. Because it was the middle of the week and the weather was starting to cool, she was the only person in the whole place. She quickly set up camp and headed off into the woods for a hike. She was looking for one place in particular, not one she knew, but one she knew she would recognize when she came to it. Violet wanted to find a place where she could just sit by herself and enjoy the silence. She had walked for over an hour and a half and began to wonder if she should turn back, it was going to start getting dark soon. Then, just as she was about to give up she rounded a corner and found the perfect spot to sit. Under a tree that was taller than the rest, there was a patch of grass. It seemed to invite her to sit