The Virtuous Daughter Magazine Fall 2015 | Page 25

Something you will commonly hear from teenage girls is: “My younger siblings are so annoying” or you might hear, “I wish I was an only child”. Now wait a second. Really?!?! An only child?!?! C’mon! Even if you have 7 “annoying” siblings, does it really have to come to that? her playhouse. I enjoy decorating, and Kari is always the first one to offer to help me. We have a lot of fun together! My youngest sibling Kenton, is five. He can be very noisy sometimes. He enjoys noisy toys. He loves to run around being loud. Most girls, including me, call it “Annoying” But, I’ll admit. I would dearly miss his cute little grin and mischievous eyes if I didn’t have him. He loves to ride horse with me, and I call him my “little cowboy”. He enjoys helping me make cookies, pie, or whatever I might be doing. He’s my little shadow, and my life would be very boring and dull without him. gant. My older Brother, Kyle, does not fit that description at all. We get along very well and have a lot of fun . Kelsey, who is 14, is my closest friend next to Jesus. We do everything together and go everywhere together. We think and feel a lot of the same things. I am very blessed to have a I have four siblings. Three of sister so close to my age! She also enwhich are younger than me. Yes, they joys photography and playing piano. can get on my nerves sometimes. At We love to go horseback riding togethtimes, I feel like they are plainly er with our two horses, Lady Alexan“annoying”. But then I make myself dra and Cierra Lynn. stop and think about my life without Many girls think their older my siblings. siblings are bossy and possibly arro- I also have a sister who is 10 years old. Kari, who mostly entertains Kenton, also has many attributes. She enjoys playing dress-up and playing in together. Maybe my life seems all happy and perfect to you. But I have to admit, just like every family we have our fights and quarrels, but the main key to having a good relationship with your siblings is forgiveness. Forgiveness is not only saying, “I forgive you”. Forgiveness is also showing it. Forgiveness is forgetting about how they have wronged you and moving on. It also means not digging it up later on. How often do you hear, “Remember last week when you did THIS to ME?”