MALENA
As a kid, my family was really religious and as a result, so was I. I was really lonely as my parent's only child and more than anything I wanted siblings, a whole bunch of siblings. I had to be about three at this point and, I don't have any real memories before this era of my life. Each night when I would say my prayers, I would ask God for a brother and a sister because I was so alone in my house with my mom. We had this old rocking chair, that was constantly breaking, and one Christmas morning I got up before my parents to see what Santa had left me but, when I saw the presents nestled under the tree, I was overcome with sadness. I realized I had nobody to share my presents with. It was snowing outside and I didn't want to wake my parents up quite yet because I didn't want to ruin their Christmas with my crying. Instead I decided to let out one last plea in the form of a prayer. I crawled behind the old rocker and began praying and praying for a brother and sister but, it felt futile. I dried my tears, and woke up my parents. They were in a great mood and we all cooked breakfast together, bacon and eggs, and opened presents. I got a purple bike from Santa and some clothes from my Nana, my mom and dad got me a bunch of cool fairy dolls. My mom was acting sort of strange, and she said that she needed to tell me something before my Nana came over. I was worried, was dad sick? Was mom sick? My mom asked me to sit down, and she assured me that whatever happened she would always love me the same way she did at that moment and my dad told me that I needed to understand the way love worked. He said that it was endless, and that never did it have to be taken from one person to give to the next. What were they talking about? I was confused and finally my mom told me "You're getting a baby sister." I was so happy I started crying and even now, I remember the day she came home from the hospital. She was the smallest thing I'd ever seen and I loved her to bits from that moment on. That Christmas I went to bed really early because of how early I had woken up. I had this dream where I spoke to this giant whale had the entire earth growing off of his back and he told me that my sister, was my responsibility now and that I had to take care of her. He said there would be times when I had to be her mom and asked me if I could do it. I knew I could and at the end of the dream, the whale picked  me  up and put me on his back, and then I woke up. I remember this like it was yesterday and to this day, when I see my sister doing something stupid or dangerous, I hear the big blue whale's voice in my head. Since then, I've changed my opinions on religion and giant blue whales and grown up quite a bit but it doesn't change the fact that I ended up with an awesome little sister with crazy blonde hair to contrast my crazy black hair; Malena and Giannina till the end lil mimp.