family
I would like to present my family from my perspective. I will try to describe them in the way that I know them. My mom and dad both come from Minnesota (the same area in Minnesota, actually...St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids seem to be interbred.) They both have big families, so I have a big(ish) family as well.
My sister Colette is the second oldest. She's a lot like me, looks like me without glasses, and we even have some of the same mannerisms. However, she is a little more like dad while I'm a little more like mom. She and I are three years apart so we're the same weight and size (in my house, it's a little like Darwinism...the strongest survive and rule the house) but Colette and I have this agreement going. I treat her same as she treats me and so no feelings get hurt and there is no fight...no physical fight and not too many verbal ones. We're like friends, but closer.
My brother Matt and I get along really well (usually) and he and I connect really well. I find Matt hilarious, he has a certain way of telling stories that is so funny. You're not only laughing at him, but at his stories. For example: “I now some what have a girlfriend&nb sp;her name is Ali perterson and we've been holding hands for about a week now, aww isent that nice..." He has awful spelling and bad typos, but that's what makes him funny. Matt is the only guy sibling in my family. This is good and bad for him. He gets his own room and some treats here and there, but he also gets outnumbered by Colette Natalie and I. He is the only one I have "fought" with. (My family gets along pretty well...we've been called abnormally normal.) He still hangs on me (literally) when I come home.
Last is Natalie, she is 10 or 11 years younger than me. She is the baby of the family and I'd like to say that I helped raise her. My mom said once that she has three moms and two dads. Very true, although she is exposed to more stuff than I was at her age. She's a very grown up 9 yr old, she has bad asthma and has to use a nebulizer every morning and night to keep it from making her go to the hospital. This she can and usually does on her own. When I used to help her, she had to tell me how to do it. Natalie is picked on by Matt (who tells her she is fat, pushes her around, and tells her to shut up. I would like to believe that Matt sees himself in Natalie and doesn't like it.) Natalie is very sensitive, and tends to cry easily, but I think she's getting better. She's rather philosophical and asks questions like "Does Matt love me?" I always answer yes and make him say yes as well.
I guess I forgot my role in the family. I am still the top of the siblings, even if Matt is taller and weights more than me. (I have longer and sharper nails...and a pre-established rein.) I am the peace keeper in my family. Colette tries to boss Matt and Natalie, but they don't really listen to her but they all listen to me. It may be because I'm older. But I don't always use force to get people to work together. Sometimes the best way is to be pleasant and make people want to do things for you.
My sister Colette is the second oldest. She's a lot like me, looks like me without glasses, and we even have some of the same mannerisms. However, she is a little more like dad while I'm a little more like mom. She and I are three years apart so we're the same weight and size (in my house, it's a little like Darwinism...the strongest survive and rule the house) but Colette and I have this agreement going. I treat her same as she treats me and so no feelings get hurt and there is no fight...no physical fight and not too many verbal ones. We're like friends, but closer.
My brother Matt and I get along really well (usually) and he and I connect really well. I find Matt hilarious, he has a certain way of telling stories that is so funny. You're not only laughing at him, but at his stories. For example: “I now some what have a girlfriend&nb sp;her name is Ali perterson and we've been holding hands for about a week now, aww isent that nice..." He has awful spelling and bad typos, but that's what makes him funny. Matt is the only guy sibling in my family. This is good and bad for him. He gets his own room and some treats here and there, but he also gets outnumbered by Colette Natalie and I. He is the only one I have "fought" with. (My family gets along pretty well...we've been called abnormally normal.) He still hangs on me (literally) when I come home. 
Last is Natalie, she is 10 or 11 years younger than me. She is the baby of the family and I'd like to say that I helped raise her. My mom said once that she has three moms and two dads. Very true, although she is exposed to more stuff than I was at her age. She's a very grown up 9 yr old, she has bad asthma and has to use a nebulizer every morning and night to keep it from making her go to the hospital. This she can and usually does on her own. When I used to help her, she had to tell me how to do it. Natalie is picked on by Matt (who tells her she is fat, pushes her around, and tells her to shut up. I would like to believe that Matt sees himself in Natalie and doesn't like it.) Natalie is very sensitive, and tends to cry easily, but I think she's getting better. She's rather philosophical and asks questions like "Does Matt love me?" I always answer yes and make him say yes as well.
I guess I forgot my role in the family. I am still the top of the siblings, even if Matt is taller and weights more than me. (I have longer and sharper nails...and a pre-established rein.) I am the peace keeper in my family. Colette tries to boss Matt and Natalie, but they don't really listen to her but they all listen to me. It may be because I'm older. But I don't always use force to get people to work together. Sometimes the best way is to be pleasant and make people want to do things for you.
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