Free Write
Prompt: Write about one (or both) of your parents. Start with "I was born..."
I was born on December 10th, 2002. This was the day that my mom became a mother for the first time.
Sarah Ann Buckner was born on June 9th, 1974. She grew up in Plano, Texas with her parents, and her older brother and sister, named Matthew (Matt) and Rachel. Matt was the trouble maker. Being the brother and the oldest at the same time, he loved to pick on his little sisters. Sarah recalls him chasing her around with a machete. She was never hurt though.
As the baby of the family, Sarah was also always being compared to her older sister, by her peers, parents, and teachers. Rachel was a very successful gymnast, and even today, in her 40's, she can still do some stunts.
Sarah was never quite the athlete her sister was. She preferred to play with her friends and roller skate. Her best friends as a kid were Robin and Michelle. Sarah is actually still in touch with Michelle today. The trio would go bike riding and roller skating. They were inseparable.
Sarah's mom, my grandmother, loved, and still loves, cats. She actually once said to her husband, "I will always have a cat." And she lived up to that promise. Sarah grew up with animals. especially cats. But one pet in particular was very special to her. That pet was an iguana named Donny.
Donny was very friendly, and he seemed to never stop growing, and was always hungry. So unfortunately, when he grew to be over several feet long, my mom and her parents made the decision that for Donny's best interests, he was not to live with them anymore. They released Donny to a zoo/animal shelter. when they were promised he would be well taken care of.
As you know, Sarah's older brother Matt was the trouble maker of the family. And when he got to be a teenager, those behaviors stuck. One weekend, Sarah's parents had to leave town to take Rachel to a gymnastics event. Leaving him alone, even with his little sister Sarah, was not a good idea. Matt decided to throw a party. Sarah was about my age when this happened. He had a ton of people over, most he didn't even know, doing all sorts of stuff they shouldn't have been doing. And believe it or not, it was Sarah who was mostly blamed. She's still mad about it today. Her mother said that Sarah should've told her, instead of letting it happen and trying to keep it a secret. Matt wasn't too happy with Sarah after this, but he barely got in trouble for it, so he shouldn't have complained so much. He had to clean the house though.
Rachel and Sarah were very close as kids, and they still are today. Rachel was like a role model to Sarah and it was always like monkey see, monkey do. They loved each other very much, but as everyone knows, siblings can get sick and tired of each other at times. This happened often with these sisters. Nothing out of the ordinary though.
Sarah was a daddy's girl. Her and her dad would always do things together, and sometimes the other two kids would get jealous of all the attention that Sarah was getting. After all, she was the youngest, so that can be expected. Nonetheless, their father loved, and still loves, all of his children the same.
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I was born on December 10th, 2002. This was the day that my mom became a mother for the first time.
Sarah Ann Buckner was born on June 9th, 1974. She grew up in Plano, Texas with her parents, and her older brother and sister, named Matthew (Matt) and Rachel. Matt was the trouble maker. Being the brother and the oldest at the same time, he loved to pick on his little sisters. Sarah recalls him chasing her around with a machete. She was never hurt though.
As the baby of the family, Sarah was also always being compared to her older sister, by her peers, parents, and teachers. Rachel was a very successful gymnast, and even today, in her 40's, she can still do some stunts.
Sarah was never quite the athlete her sister was. She preferred to play with her friends and roller skate. Her best friends as a kid were Robin and Michelle. Sarah is actually still in touch with Michelle today. The trio would go bike riding and roller skating. They were inseparable.
Sarah's mom, my grandmother, loved, and still loves, cats. She actually once said to her husband, "I will always have a cat." And she lived up to that promise. Sarah grew up with animals. especially cats. But one pet in particular was very special to her. That pet was an iguana named Donny.
Donny was very friendly, and he seemed to never stop growing, and was always hungry. So unfortunately, when he grew to be over several feet long, my mom and her parents made the decision that for Donny's best interests, he was not to live with them anymore. They released Donny to a zoo/animal shelter. when they were promised he would be well taken care of.
As you know, Sarah's older brother Matt was the trouble maker of the family. And when he got to be a teenager, those behaviors stuck. One weekend, Sarah's parents had to leave town to take Rachel to a gymnastics event. Leaving him alone, even with his little sister Sarah, was not a good idea. Matt decided to throw a party. Sarah was about my age when this happened. He had a ton of people over, most he didn't even know, doing all sorts of stuff they shouldn't have been doing. And believe it or not, it was Sarah who was mostly blamed. She's still mad about it today. Her mother said that Sarah should've told her, instead of letting it happen and trying to keep it a secret. Matt wasn't too happy with Sarah after this, but he barely got in trouble for it, so he shouldn't have complained so much. He had to clean the house though.
Rachel and Sarah were very close as kids, and they still are today. Rachel was like a role model to Sarah and it was always like monkey see, monkey do. They loved each other very much, but as everyone knows, siblings can get sick and tired of each other at times. This happened often with these sisters. Nothing out of the ordinary though.
Sarah was a daddy's girl. Her and her dad would always do things together, and sometimes the other two kids would get jealous of all the attention that Sarah was getting. After all, she was the youngest, so that can be expected. Nonetheless, their father loved, and still loves, all of his children the same.
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Nice informative piece. I hope that it was enough of a free write for you. Good work though.
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