This was my oldest god brother’s birthday celebration. If you couldn’t tell, I’m the little girl making the craziest face. I couldn’t tell you when this photo was taken. All I know is that I had no front teeth and I didn’t care. I actually took advantage of the new gaps in my mouth, thrusting my tongue through to create the worst face I could possibly make. My youngest god brother is the one that I’m holding on to. He always had the most serious face growing up, as if he was an old man. As I was observing us in the photo, I realized that he still makes that face to this day. He’s definitely been someone who has always been that person that I can hold on to and act crazy with and he wouldn’t respond being afraid or alarmed. He understood me and my crazy ways, and still does now. As for the girl in the green top, she does respond, but it’s okay. She’s my god sister, and someone that I’ve grown to appreciate as an outlet of emotion and a source of counsel. The face she makes in this photo reminds me that she’s kind of like me. She has her crazy and eccentric moments, which helps me be really comfortable around her. I think this photo does a great job of capturing my relationship with these two people. They aren’t just friends or people that I’ve known for a long time. They are my extended set of siblings. I’ve had great laughs and great tears with these two. If there is ever something I need to get off my chest, or just want to talk, they’re there for me, and I am for them. We’ve been through a lot together, like when mutual friend of ours past away. I didn’t realize how important they were to me. The thing that shocked me the most was that I was the same for them. I held my god brother the same way through that struggle the same way I did in this photo (even though it was so much harder this time, he’s way taller than me). We were shoulders to cry on and hands to hold. I’m not even that close to cousins I grew up with. Yet these two were a part of a group of people who weren’t just in my life for a moment, but my lifetime. They are more than friends, they’re my family.
