Emerging from the Shadow

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She stands a staggering 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighs a massive 95 pounds,

and has short, brown hair and brown eyes. I see my older sister Leslie.

Others see a model of perfection. Don't get me wrong, my sister and I are

close and have been inseparable since birth. My mother has kept pictures

of us ranging from the time we shared a playpen as babies to just recently

at Leslie's graduation. For seventeen years, we've shared every life

experience imaginable, and we've dealt with the trials and tribulations

that come with growing up. But in September, she left home to attend the

University of California at Irvine, leaving me to face life alone.

However, it gave me the opportunity to live life by myself as Ryan, instead of Leslie's little brother.

Since the beginning, I have gone to the same school as Leslie, and almost

every year I got stuck with a teacher that she had had the previous year.

Being only eleven months younger than my sibling

me, "Oh you're Leslie's little brother?" This normally did not faze me

planning for her future, a new life by herself. I realized that everything

The other half occurred in the one place where it really should

on this occasion, it was the same person. This upset me a little.

me too much. If anything I found it beneficial because I believed that

What started out as a burden in my life ended up defining it.

Approximate Word count = 658
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Acceptance Essays

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