Throughout my childhood,  I always wanted the day to come that my mom would tell me that I was going to have a sister that I was going to become a big sister , that I was going to have someone to play with my toys , share a room  and have a built in best friend, but this was going to come true 6 years later from when I realized I wanted a sister really bad.

My mom picked me up from middle school, I was in 6th grade and She had bought me ice cream, and she looked excited. I felt the coldness of the ice cream , I tasted the chocolate sprinkles. When we got home I then heard my mom talking to a nurse and scheduling an appointment and saying she thinks she’s pregnant. I yelled out “Really?!” I felt excited because even at that time I always wanted a little sister. She said not to tell nobody,but I was so excited that I told my siblings even though they didn’t seem to believe me and because my mom didn’t say anything to them because she wanted it to be a surprise to them they said I was making up things. In school I wouldn’t stop talking about it to my friends , I kept feeling excited because I’ve always wanted to be a big sister.
     

7 months later my mom’s friend picked me up from school and told me my mom was  at her appointment with my dad and that my sister might be born that day. I felt so excited because my sister was going to be born. I got home and told my brothers .They seemed excited too.  My dad got home and told us that my aunt was going to be taking care of us because he had to go to work the next day .. This affected me because my aunt lived far away from our schools and each morning we had to take a  long drive to my school and my brother’s school. Each morning we had to wake up early and so we would be tired. This repeated every morning for 2 days due to some complications that were occurring , But on Saturday and on Sunday  my dad took us to the hospital to see my mom.

The next day my dad called my aunt and told her that the baby was born and that it’s a girl , I felt a glimmer of happiness and  We all got excited because he also said he was going to come and pick us up to see my mom and little sister . As we were on our way  to the hospital I asked my dad if we could stop by a flower shop named Garside Florist that was on mill plain just a few minutes away from the hospital because I wanted to buy my mom a set of beautiful unique flowers that would smell delightful  that would feel soft and brittle and that would brighten up her face when she sees them . When we arrived to the hospital it still seemed really unreal to my brothers and I . As we slowly opened the door to the room she was in and saw my mom laying down with my newborn sister in her arms we all excitedly walked towards my mom and hugged her and told her how much we missed her. We then stayed with her for the rest of the day and we all helped my parents decide what name to give my sister , until we all agreed that the name Leslie would be the perfect name for her  and after some time it started getting late so we had to go but didn’t want to be apart from my mom another day but whether we wanted to or not we had to go back to my aunts house because we had school the next day but my dad stayed the night at the hospital to accompany my mom and sister.

2 days after my mom gave birth she was finally able to go back home to us.  We all felt happy the moment she walked in the door with my little sister because we were all finally together. My sister being born changed my life because she brought happiness in my life even if we’re 12 years apart , every time that I come home stressed she drains my stress away the moment I hear her laughter and when she comes to my room to ask how my day was with a smile making her eyes bigger and brighter than they already are ,  I cannot help but feel grateful I have her around . There is no possible way I could only describe her in 5 words but to me she is Beautiful, smart, sweet, sensitive and perfect. Everyday when I come home from school she’s the one that welcomes me in with open arms and even when there’s days that I feel really exhausted and drained of energy just thinking that I can’t rest peacefully because I have homework I take the time to read a small book with my sister when she runs up to me  with one of her books in her small gentle hands.

Even though my sister and I are 12 years apart and don’t have the type of relationship that we would have between us if we’re one or two years apart I still am very grateful that god gave my family the gift of having a second girl in the family and gave me  the opportunity to be a big sister for not only my little brothers but for my little sister as well.