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Over the course of my lifetime, when people first hear about how my family lives our lives, many say how blessed these children are to have my parents caring for them. And true, I think that my parents are incredible people and go above and beyond for all of my nineteen siblings. But the truth is that we are blessed to have these children in our lives.

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Today was my last day of fieldwork! I can’t believe how quickly these ten weeks have flown by. It has been a great experience overall, and I’ll definitely miss going back to this sixth grade classroom every week.

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It’s been a very crazy day, so I thought I would just share something simple tonight… Here’s a writing that I did about my younger brother for a creative writing class.

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I remember this one time when I had to say good bye to a foster sibling, and it was a little different than other farewells I had made in the past. I was in fifth grade, and we had a baby staying with us, maybe a few months old. He hadn’t been with us for an extremely long time, and was going to be living with a family member after leaving our home, if I remember correctly. Even though he hadn’t been with us for a very long time, I was still pretty attached to my baby brother. It’s hard not to fall in love with a little baby.

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Tonight is one of those nights when I don’t really feel like writing, but I push myself to do it anyway because I don’t want to miss a night.

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I’m babysitting tonight, but luckily the job has been super easy. With a family this big, my parents have always had a rule since I’ve been old enough to babysit. If they need to do something, then I just have to suck it up and take on my big sister responsibilities. If they want to go out and have fun, then they’ll pay me like a regular babysitter.

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Just when I think nothing interesting ever happens in my life, something completely out of the ordinary happens once again.

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I think my life is interesting. I really do. I mean, I don’t know anyone else who has had nineteen siblings, so I’d say my life is definitely unusual. But on a daily basis, the small stuff that everyone goes through? My life really isn’t anything big deal. But you wouldn’t believe the number of times people have told me and my parents that we should do a reality show.

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Today, I thought I’d share a little writing I did about my sister.

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I’ve been talking about my siblings’ adoptions lately, and I thought I’d stick with that subject a while longer.