Monday, May 12, 2008

Walter(by; Yeraldet Bustos)

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Have you ever felt responsible for someone? I have many family members or more than enough. I have three sisters and one little brother. I am the oldest one of us all, not just from us sisters but also from all my cousins from my dads side. The person I feel responsible for most of the time is my little one-year-old brother.

He is a handsome little boy with gorgeous long curly eyelashes, eyes that look like stars, lips that look like hearts, and cute pink cheeks. His name is Walter. I have always wanted to have an older brother if not just an older sister but that’s impossible. That’s why I always try to be the best sister I can be.

My little brother sometimes calls me mom. I feel like he really loves me. He is a really sweet boy. He always wants me to carry him and follows me around when I cant do so. Furthermore he prefers me to carry him from any of my sisters. He even prefers me to carry him instead of my mom doing so. The only person he will actually go to when I'm carrying him is my dad, but he wont really ask for him.

All the time or at least most of the times when I come home my brother is waiting for me to carry him. I have to take care of him most of the times. When he is with my sisters he is crying, even if he is sleepy and tier he won’t go to sleep with them. But as soon as I carry him he goes to sleep. I really love my brother, as well as all my sisters. Only that sometimes I feel responsible for him, not only responsible but I sometimes I feel like a mother to him.
Sometimes i get very frustrated because i have many things to do and he wants me and no one else to carry him. When i have to do many different chores and i still havent done my homework, my sisters try to take care of him but he just cries. This makes me get mad, stressed out, and frustruated, aswell as it makes me feel bad since my brother cries for me .

1 comment:

Nicole Gharda said...

He is so cute, Yeraldet! And it definitely sounds like he adores you, which must feel so good, yet yes, also overwhelming. I'd like to hear a little more about your feelings of occasional frustration/fear that you are expected to do more for him than you're ready to do, there at the end. Give us some examples of moments where you actually felt tense or uneasy about it and explore why you felt that way. I'd also like to hear something a little more interesting at the beginning, to grab us in. Describe him before introducing him, maybe? His face and/or his personality? Or a scene where he was crying for you? Hook us in! Nice start, though! Good paragraphing!