The document is a collection of short passages about the writer's life experiences. It includes descriptions of her brothers, Christmas traditions with her family, her love for her dad despite his flaws, Easter celebrations at her aunt's house, her many fears including bugs, her close relationship with her grandmother despite her illness, Halloween traditions, her interests as a teen, her former best friend who moved away, her favorite cousin, feelings about her hometown, her overprotective mother, nice and mean neighbors, her organized nature, her pets, her habit of asking questions, sharing a room with her messy sister who she is close with, annual family trips, her favorite funny uncle, how she got her name, love of winter and playing in

2. AUGUST

3. Brothers
I have two brothers.
One of my brothers is
Nicholas but we call him Nick
and he is 19. My other brother
is Nathaniel but we call him
Nay and he is 17. As we have
gotten older we started
spending more time together.
We hang out and do stuff like
going to the movies or just
staying home and talking. We
have gotten a lot closer
compared to when we were
younger. Sometimes they can
be mean but everyone has
there moments.

4. CHRISTMAS
When I was little my sister would get up at 3 a.m. and wake my brothers
and I up. We would stay up and sit in the family room waiting for my parents to get
up. My sister would always send me up to their room to tell them to get up but it
never worked. They would eventually get up around 5 and then we would open
presents. Later in the day the rest of my family would come over and we would have
a Christmas dinner.

5. Dad
I love my dad. Sometimes he can get on
my nerves and does things that I don’t like. For
example, When he doesn’t remember to pick me up
from school. Either way I can’t stay mad at him. He
tries to be funny but it doesn’t really work. I just laugh
anyway to make him feel funny. Like when he sees
an ad on TV he’ll crack a joke that doesn’t even
make sense. My dad would do anything for me and
no matter what he does I will always love him.

6. EASTER
On Easter my family and I go to my aunts house.
Around noon my whole family is there. Aunts, uncles, cousins
and grandparents. Usually all the adults are in the kitchen
preparing food while the kids are playing in the other room.
Sometimes we go into the basement and my uncle will give us
the supplies to die eggs. The food is different every year but
when it is done the adults call us into the dining room. After we
eat our food we all gather into the living room and my aunt
repeats the rules for our egg hunt. It is mainly for the little kids
but its always fun to join in.

7. I have many fears. I am afraid of spiders, snakes, and any
kind of bug. Every time I see them I freak out. I never liked them
even when I was a kid. My family always teases me about it but I
don’t think I will ever like them.

8. I love my grandma. We have always been close. I used
to go over her house all the time but since she got cancer I
don’t really go over that much because she gets tired a lot.
Every once in a while we will go places together. Sometimes we
go to the mall in New Hampshire or we go out to eat. These are
all small things but we always have a good time.

9. Halloween
Every year on Halloween I go trick-or-treating. Sometimes I go with family and
sometimes I go with friends. When I was younger I would go with everyone in my neighborhood.
Now, I usually go with my sister and cousin because they always ask me and I feel bad if I say no.
After we go from house to house asking for candy we go to my grandmas house. When we get
there we dump out all of our candy and most of the time we trade each other for the things we
like.

10. My interests are similar to a lot of other
teens. I like to text, hang out with people, talk on the
phone and have fun. I am always on the phone and I
think people tend to get mad at me because they think
I don’t listen but haven’t they heard you listen with
your ears not your eyes. When I hang out I like to hang
out with friends like Sarah and Alicia. Sometimes I like
to hang out with my sister and my cousins because ’m
closer with them and it is easier to make plans with
them.

11. Jordyne used to be my best
friend. Jordyne, my sister, and I used to be
so close. She lived right next to me and we
did everything together. We used to
sleepover each others houses and our
parents didn’t find the need because we
could just see each other in the morning
but we did it anyway. Jordyne and I met
when we were little and we have been
best friends since. Unfortunately in fourth
grade she moved. During holiday times
when she comes down to visit her other
family we get to hang out. We have
texted each other a few times but other
than that we don’t talk that much
anymore.

12. Kylsie is my cousin. When I was younger I didn’t really
like her a lot because I thought she was spoiled but that has
changed. Out of all my cousins she is definitely my favorite. I can
tell her anything knowing that she won’t tell anyone if I tell her not
to. Her parents are split up so I only get to see her every other
weekend.

13. Leominster is my hometown. I was born at
Leominster Hospital. I have lived here since I was very
little. I used to think that Leominster was very boring and I
would rather live somewhere else but then my mom
wanted to live somewhere else and that is when I realized
I didn’t want to move. I thought about it and this is where
all my friends and family live and I wouldn’t want to leave
all of them.

14. My mom is Conisha Holden. Sometimes she is
overprotective and I never really understood why but
then when I see how she acts with my sister I see why
she is like that. I think she does that because she just
wants the best for us and she doesn’t want anything to
happen. She has taught me a lot in my life time. In my
opinion I think she is a great mom and I would do
anything for her.

15. Neighbors
Some of my neighbors are nice and some of my neighbors are
mean. Whenever I have a barbeque in the summer at my house I have this
one neighbor who calls the cops and says we are to loud and she was trying
to sleep. I also have another mean neighbor. If they are outside and you go
out to say hi they just look at you and give you a dirty look so I just stopped
saying hi. I also live across the street from my grandma. When I was little and
my parent were at work I would have to go over there so she could watch
me.

16. Organized
I consider myself a very organized person. I am
more organized in my school work than at my things at
home. When ever my things are unorganized I will stay up
until they are organized again. There has been many times
where I have rewritten my whole notebook because one
day I had bad handwriting. It bothers me when people
around me don’t have there papers in order and they
have papers everywhere. I have always been this way and
in a way I am glad that I am.

17. I have a dog named Dutchess.
She is a Dachshund. I got her when I was Bandit Squeaky
about six years old. I love to play with her
because she is so small. She is very friendly
so whenever someone comes into my
house she runs to them and will jump all
over them. I also have a cat named
Midnight. I have had Midnight since I was
very little. When I first got my dog he didn’t
like it because he was older and didn’t
want to play. Now that my dog is older Midnight
she doesn’t play as much and jump
around so Midnight doesn’t mind anymore
. I have two guinea pigs. One of them is
Squeaky and the other one is Bandit. They
are very loud. Whenever my dad comes
home from work they will squeak until he
pets them. We always let them out of
there cage so they can run around on the
floor.
Dutchess

18. Why did this happen? How did they do that? When did this
happen? I think everybody has questions. I usually ask a lot of questions. I
only do that so I make sure I understand. This way if people ask me a
question about something I can answer and know I am telling them the
right thing. I used to hate when my little cousins asked questions because it
was so annoying. Every time I got up they would ask where are you going.
One time when they asked me I rolled my eyes and my grandma told me
that I did that when I was little. It was then that I realized that it was okay
to ask questions because it is better than being curious.

19. Room
I have to share my room with my sister. I My sister’s mess
hate that sometimes because she can be so
messy. She makes most of the mess and
whenever we have to clean our room she says
that its mostly my stuff. I think that my room is kind
of clean and I try to keep it clean but it doesn’t
always stay that way. When we first moved to
the house we live in now our room was yellow.
Since we were little we didn’t care and we liked
it. When we got older we wanted to paint it. It
took us forever to decide on a color. Eventually
we compromised on the color blue.

20. My sister is Melodee and she is 15. We are very close. We tell each other
almost everything. She always asks me to go places with her. Like walking to the store
or going over my grandmas. Whenever I have a question on my homework she will
help me. I ask her because we think of things similarly so it is easier understanding it
when she explains. Sometimes I don’t like things she does like when she is mean to
people and I say I am not going to talk to her but then the next minute I'm talking to
her again.

21. Every year my family and I go on trips. We don’t go during
the year because of work and school but we go in the summer. Usually
we go to a campsite and we say there for a week or two. We have to
plan ahead of time so that my parents can work it out with work. My
grand parents from my dads side usually go. Then they bring my
cousins so most of my family is usually there. Whenever we go we
have a good time.

22. Uncle
Jeremy
I have three uncles and not saying that I don’t like my other uncles
but my uncle Jeremy is my favorite. He is my dads brother. I like him because
he is funny. You can joke around with him and he will just joke back. If I ever
have a question he will be honest with me. Sometimes he is annoying because
he is so loud and childish. Other times that’s what makes him my favorite.

23. My name is Victoria Christine Holden. I am 13 years old. My
parents say they named me Victoria just because they liked it. I have my
middle name, Christine, because that was my great grandmas middle name
and my parents wanted me to have the same middle name. I have my last
name from my dad.

24. Winter
I love Winter. When I was younger I had a bigger
backyard and there was a huge hill. I would always wake up and
get on my snow suit. I would sit in it all day until my brothers and
sister got out of school. When they got home I would rush them to
get there suit on. I would go outside and get all the snowboards. I
sat at the top of the hill until they came out. We would play until
my mom told us to come in. Now that we have moved and we
don’t have a big hill anymore we don’t play as much. Now we go
over neighbors house. I don’t go out as much and when I do most
of the time its because my neighbor asks.

25. X-cited
I am excited for my future. Next year I am going to
Leominster high school. I am scared but excited at the same
time. After I graduate high school I want to go to college. I
am not sure what college I want to go to yet. One day I hope
to be a pediatrician because I want to work with the little
children. I have always dreamed of being one.

26. Yellow

27. Zoo
I love the zoo. I like to see all of the
animals. The first time I went to the zoo
was when I was seven. It was in the
middle of the summer and I went with
my family. We traveled to the Franklin
park zoo. We got to see everything. We
saw a lion, seal, monkey, giraffe and
much more. I had a very good time when
I went there.