Another memory I have is with my brother John. I was in the 3rd grade when overalls were the big rage. When I was at that age I would always ponder to myself on how I could be cooler. John always gave me tips ideas anything that he thought would help me that includes giving me a candy War Head and timing me to see how long I could have one in my mouth before I spit it out. The one tip was in fashion he came up to me one day as I wore my overalls and said, “Sarah all of the girls in middle school wear overalls with one unbuckled.” Taking his advice right there and then I unbuckled one of the buttons he gave me a weird look and I checked myself out and found it was a horrible tip since my belly was sticking out and made me even more chubby. He then gave me his last fashion advice, well some look good and some don’t.”
With my sister Katie she was a wild girl in high school there was a time my parents were making all of kids fast on a Saturday night. I do like to make a statement that I was a young elementary school child and was easily persuaded. Back to the story Katie asked me if I wanted to go to Shari’s and get a brownie ice cream Sunday. I was excited of course but sweet me, reminded me sister that we were fasting so she told me to hang out downstairs and she told mom and dad they we were going to go rent some movies. So we were free to go and had the yummiest brownie Sunday but I started to feel so guilty that we lied to our parents so she threaded me that if she I don’t stop feeling guilty she was going to tell mom and dad that I ate ice cream when I was supposed to be fasting. I was scared out of my wits and kept quiet. Don’t get me wrong Katie is an amazing sister but when she was high school…. Let’s just say I have some interesting memories.
Lauren my eldest sister she took me everywhere when I was little I hung out with her friends Erica, Tina, Lee, Brad and Aubrey. She always took me to movies, BBQ’s; I think she even took me to some high school games. I felt like she always included me in everything when she showed me my first PG-13 movie and help translate Romeo and Juliet with my hugh crush Leo. One memory is when she got her first apartment and she let me spend the night we rented Pretty Women and went to Haggins to get candy she let me get anything I wanted I of course I picked a big bag of reeses peanut butter cups I thought I was so cool. She also made me yakisoba (yuckisoba as my dad calls it) with steak and chicken I was so excited. That small memory has always stuck with like little other ones like the time her old boyfriend made me a beautiful fairy costume or when we just got Lucy dog and I brought her over for a night at her apartment and a guy that she was dating came over too who I thought look like a serial killer so I wouldn’t let him touch my dog and I expressed my feelings to Lauren after he left. Or the time she was going to prom with her high school Boyfriend Lee and I thought she was so beautiful with her white dress. It’s interesting how time goes past. Soon I can envision my family having our first reunion with loud grandchildren some with red hair running around chasing the 5 dogs. Looking back and thinking on everything that has happen makes me see how blessed my family is and how it started with just two people.
