Sibling duos

Mamaw About 17 years ago, there was a terrified seventeen year old girl holding a pregnancy test that read positive. She thought to herself, “I’m not ready, I don’t know what to do.” That was my mother. Despite the fear, she loved my father and accepted the fact that soon I would make my appearance. On a hot summer night in July of 1998, those scared teenagers became parents to a healthy baby girl. Fast forward five years later, my young parents are constantly going out at night and coming back…

Sister Sister: A Comparison of Two unlike Girls Sophocles was an astonishing Athenian playwright who excelled in theater; he wrote more than one hundred twenty plays. He was most well-known for his dominant female characters and insights on life like in his famous work “Antigone.” The theme of this particular play was “the law of the gods is more important than the law of man.” In ancient Greece, citizens highly respected the gods; there were specific burial practices used in order to make…

In 2009 on a hot summer night, my life changed. I was 12 years old when my older brother and my father got into a fight and my brother’s left the house. I didn’t know that my brothers actions can affect me or my future so much. It had a big impact on my life because he was the one that took care of me and my younger brother. My parents weren 't really there for us, they were always working two or three jobs just to keep a roof over our heads. My brother would cook and clean and help us do our…

Lupita: Mom! I have a boyfriend Mather: My love, I just want you to be happy. Who is the lucky guy? Lupita: His name is Bryan Smith, and I was dating with him for 1 year. I know I never talk about him because I did not know the relationship was serious. Mather: (Trying to reason with her daughter) Lupita! Why you do not look for a Mexican boy? Lupita: Mom! but I like him, now we decide to live together. Mather: (Altered voice) but Guadalupe! You have to think about marriage first? Where are…

millions of children in the United States that are living with some type of disability. Many of these special needs children are growing up with one or more siblings in their home. Most research that has been done involving children with special needs focuses on the special needs child or the parents, but it usually does not reflect the siblings of special needs children or how they are impacted. When thinking about this particular topic there are a number of different questions that may come to…

A role model can be defined as "a person looked up to by others as an example to be imitated." Being the oldest sibling, I’ve always wanted to lead my younger siblings down a positive path. In many instances, see myself alongside with my parents rooting, supporting and guiding my sisters to a successful and hopeful future. From my past experiences, both positive or negative, I always encourage…

discussing the family and the dynamics involved therein, there seems to be a lack of literature relevant to the relationships of siblings. This is to say, when speaking about the family, it would appear that the way in which siblings interact with one another is of no consequence to understanding the family. In lieu of discussing siblings’ relationships as it pertains to one sibling to the other, the discourse of the family revolves around the “powerful parent-child dyad” (Pfouts 1972, 200).…

My third older brother Vang was born on January 9, 1986. He is a computer tech engineer. He lives in San Jose, CA so I do not see him often. We don’t visit him often because he works a lot and everyone has different schedules. Every holiday he comes home and spends time with the family and friends. He is the first to graduate with his BA at the age of 21. Tchay, my fourth older sister was born on October 8, 1987. She is a Psychology major and is currently going for her PhD at Fresno State. She…

In today 's Christian society, a common and accepted practice for infants or young babies is to perform a dedication of the child back to God. This practice is performed by multiple religious groups and it is a symbolic service where the parents recognize that God gave them the child and they in return are giving him/her back to God in an act of submission and recognition. This rite of passage for the child ensures that the parents have began the infants Christian journey with the blessing of…

Prior to this interview, I assumed that my manager Kevin G. Li had a different background. In the past few months that I have been working with him, I have been in a position to understand him and get to know him a bit better. This interview was not only eye opening for me, but also for him. While explaining some of his life details, he realized that some things he was not aware of himself. Kevin 's family migrated from China to California, before he was born. He became the 1st generation…