My Cousin's Birth

張貼日期：Dec 30, 2016 1:55:33 PM

My Cousin's Birth

Jenny  Zheng

     I was the youngest child in my family. Everyone played with me and treated me nicely. But everything changed since my cousin was born. Everyone cared about him. And everything went to his way. I was jealous of him because no one cared about me anymore. My parents told me that I should treat him nicely because he was younger than I. Although I could not accept the fact at first, I thought that I should behave maturely because I am an older sister. Thus, I learned to be sharing, patient and perseverant gradually.

     I learned to share anything with my cousin. In the past, I never shared anything with my sister or brother because I knew they would not take my things away. One time, my mother gave me some candies and I wanted to eat them all. When my cousin saw I had candies in my hands, he asked me whether I could give him some. Thus, I shared with him some candies because I remembered that my sister would share her candies with me.

     I have also become more patient since my cousin’s birth. I had a bad temper before, and it was hard for me to control my temper. But when I took care of my cousin I found that I was not as irritable as before. Everyone knows taking care of a child needs much patience because most children are naughty. My cousin always put his hand in the mouth. I told him not to do that because the hands were full of bacteria, and the bad habit would make him sick. After I reminded him of that many times, he would not put his hand in the mouth. I felt some sense of achievement.

     In addition, I learned from my cousin that we should persevere in everything. Once he was to have a performance the next day. When practicing, he always forgot the next action for his dance. But he still practiced hard because he wanted to have the best performance. His perseverance was admirable. Most people would give up quickly the things they were not good at.

     My cousin’s birth had made me become more mature. Although I hated him at first, I got over it very quickly. He was cute. And he taught me many things. I learned to share, and became more patient and perseverant. Those things look easy. But if my cousin had not been born, I could not have learned them and grown.