Changes

As children grow up, all we, as older people, really notice is their height changing, their shoe size becoming bigger, their clothes shrinking and we never realize how much they truly are changing; inside and out. As a big sister, I would have never imagined noticing every little detail about my younger sister. Well, considering that's not really expected for a big sister. There is so much life brings to us and with observing for awhile, I cannot fully say I know my sister like the back of my hand. There is always things changing: with her attitude, with her appearance, with the way she eats, the way she talks, the way she carries herself, even the way she snores. It is always different. It's understandable that I probably will never know my sister like the back of my hand, in fact I probably wouldn't even know myself like that. We all change, regardless of age. It just so happens that children change more often than we do, I mean they are growing up.

When we want to really get to know something or someone, we usually will ask questions or do some research, maybe even examine it. It's not that easy with children. We can't really ask them questions, what do they know? They are just curious as we are. We can research specific things that they have life freckles or birth marks and learn more about those. But I'm thinking deeper, I can't research why my sister chews as if it's the last time she's ever going to chew. I can't research why my sister knows big words like "frustrated." I can't research why she grabs anything that is shaped like a phone and puts in next to her ear. But I can research one thing that all these are branches to; influence. I truly think she eats the way she does because she sees the way my mom eats or even sees a random stranger eat that way. She probably knows words I would never expect her to know because she hears it from me or my other siblings. She's easily influenced by her surroundings and the people around her. Also, she watches a lot of TV, maybe she gets influenced by those shows too.