Wow! I was in for the biggest surprise of my life. It all started the day I found out I had an older sister. Her name was April L Bridges and she was the best gift a girl could ever ask for, the gift of a friend just like me. You see all my life I had lived alone with my mother and her partner. My brother was much older than me and was already out of the house for college by the time I was born. As for my little sisters well they weren’t really my little sisters just childhood friends that were so close they might as well have been family. I remember the day my Father called me out of the blue and said “I have news for you I have found your big sister, April and she has requested to meet you.” This was both exciting and scary at the same time.
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In some ways it felt like I was talking to myself. We had a lot in common and that was kind of strange. Over the next month we spent hours talking about things she had gone through as a teen. It was eerie they were similar to things I was going through. She had struggled in school because she had a learning disability. I was struggling with the same thing. Auditory Processing Disorder clearly runs in the family. Her son, my nephew, also has it. I guess I am luckier because mine was diagnosed in grade school and hers wasn’t found until after she had graduated. She missed having a father and I rarely see mine. He moved to Arkansas when I was young and her Mother moved her to California when she was just a baby. It felt good to be able to share these feelings with someone who …show more content…
I bubbled with energy. I think I might have even been bouncing off the walls. The doorbell rang and I wanted to hide behind my Mom like I had as a young child. Instead I steadied my nerves and went to answer the door. When I opened it we both stood their staring at each other with big smiles on our faces. She reached out to hug me and all my fears disappeared. It was like we had known each other for ever. My Mom, her partner, April and I spent the day exploring San Francisco. I found myself thinking April really gets me. We laughed and talked like we had known each other forever. We spent the day exploring the city and each
In some ways it felt like I was talking to myself. We had a lot in common and that was kind of strange. Over the next month we spent hours talking about things she had gone through as a teen. It was eerie they were similar to things I was going through. She had struggled in school because she had a learning disability. I was struggling with the same thing. Auditory Processing Disorder clearly runs in the family. Her son, my nephew, also has it. I guess I am luckier because mine was diagnosed in grade school and hers wasn’t found until after she had graduated. She missed having a father and I rarely see mine. He moved to Arkansas when I was young and her Mother moved her to California when she was just a baby. It felt good to be able to share these feelings with someone who …show more content…
I bubbled with energy. I think I might have even been bouncing off the walls. The doorbell rang and I wanted to hide behind my Mom like I had as a young child. Instead I steadied my nerves and went to answer the door. When I opened it we both stood their staring at each other with big smiles on our faces. She reached out to hug me and all my fears disappeared. It was like we had known each other for ever. My Mom, her partner, April and I spent the day exploring San Francisco. I found myself thinking April really gets me. We laughed and talked like we had known each other forever. We spent the day exploring the city and each