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Hello, my name is Virginia Allen. And today I'll be presenting
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to you a story about how my relationship with my little sisters changed over
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the years since it's a story that I bring up and think about often.
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So in the beginning when
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Deja
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was first born, I was so excited to be a big sister and it helped with anything
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that had to do with her such as baths, diaper changes,
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playing with her, feeding her.
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And we were literally unset.
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And the
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song that goes with this part of the story
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is called Mama's Hand by Queen Nijah.
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Play
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Eyes on You.
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Are you
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heartbeat too?
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Could witness an angel so beautiful.
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You,
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you.
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That was so unconditional.
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But then there came a point where I didn't want Deja around as often
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and I found her annoying
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cause she'd always wanna be
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attached to me
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and I wanted to be able to hang out with my friends without her. So
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I'd find any reason to get her to stay home.
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And
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the part that the song that goes with this part of the story is
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the best day by Taylor Swift.
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Bye
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on.
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And then
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once she was around eight or 11.
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She gave up trying to be with me all the time and then she started to
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find ways to get me in trouble.
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So I had to stay home and not be able to hang out with my friends
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and
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she did that so that we could
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be together.
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But I just seen it as a way of her
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being annoying
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and
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it made me more mad
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to have to stay home than to be out with my friends.
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And
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the part,
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this song that goes with this part of the story
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is hated or loved by 50 cents.
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And I ain't going nowhere soon.
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The underdogs on top
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and I'm gonna shout
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homie into my
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heart
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and I ain't going nowhere
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grill them
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guns on both sides. Why the butter go, why is out
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for?
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And then once she got more mature, she stopped
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trying to get me in trouble and she just altogether
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stopped showing any attention towards me
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and
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me being out with my friends all the time definitely didn't help
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solve that problem or conflict that was arising.
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Um
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And she would just always be home all the time
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by herself during the summer
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and
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she really needed me and I wasn't there for her
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and I wasn't really able to realize that
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until I started
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getting in trouble and having to stay home.
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And the song that goes with this part of the story
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is lonely by
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Akon
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tracking on
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trying to figure
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because ever since my girl left
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life came crashing and I'm sorry.
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So
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and
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then this brings me to now,
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now de
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is literally my best friend
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and
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I'd do anything to put a smile on her face and be the role model that she needs
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and show her anything is possible.
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And I definitely regret the times that we've wasted
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and I wish that we were best friends our whole lives.
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And
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the song that goes with this part of the story
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is Fly Me To the Moon
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by Frank Sinatra.
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I me.
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Mhm
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Let me play
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to stop.
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Let me see what spring is like on
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Jupiter. And my,
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in other words,
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my hand
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another
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and that is
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the story of how
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mine and my sister's relationship changed over the years.
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And thank you for listening.