This week was especially tough; my brother turned 15 years old. It was the first family birthday party that I missed in my entire life. I wanted to be there but being at college there was no way to go and make it back in time. Another reason is that since I don’t have my car here at college, it would have been difficult for my mom or dad to drive here to pick me up then drive and then have to drive me back the next morning. They could have had it over the weekend, but I had a sorority formal to go to, so I couldn’t make it. I did call and was able to speak to my brother briefly and I was able to say hi to my family on speaker phone. I wish I could have been there. My mom said she really missed me not being there and it was a dull ache that she couldn’t shake. She gets teary eyed very easily. She said I always sat next to my brother when he blew the candles out and this year it was just my cousins next to him. Besides from his birthday, my brother had a baseball game. He hit his first ever over the fence home run, I was sorry again that I couldn’t be there for it. He was so excited to hit it. My mom said the fans said they had never seen a home run there before and every time Nate got up to bat after that, they would yell out, “Back, Back – Here’s the home runner”.
In a few weeks, I’ll be going home, I can’t wait to see my family. I’m sure it won’t take too long to get used to being home.
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