She stands with a pink unicorn shirt under light blue overalls with some of her curly golden brown hair down and the rest in two buns, and a huge smile on her face as she dips her makeup brush into the third color of eyeshadow she's going to put on my eyelids.

My little cousin, Kamilah, is one of the greatest reasons for my happiness. She's like my best friend. She's like my sister. She's like my daughter.

She's my little princess.

Me and my Twinkie. Every day is an adventure.

Whether it's a sleepover, doing makeup, watching movies, playing, piggyback rides, going outside, swimming in the pool, dancing, drawing, or telling stories, every second with her is a moment I forever cherish.

One day, in particular, was very magical.

...

Cassandra and Kamilah found a magic friendship necklace that let them step into the world of Kamilah's Imagination.

It was the most beautiful place they had ever seen. There were makeup fairies and sparkle mermaids, and pink clouds and rainbows constantly in the sky.

They enjoyed the land all day.

They jumped on giant flowers and floated into the air inside of giant bubbles.

Kamilah found a unicorn that she kept as her pet.

But then, it started raining glitter raindrops so Cassandra and Kamilah ran inside of a cave to stay dry.

Inside the cave, they found the most beautiful diamonds they ever saw.

Kamilah wanted to keep some diamonds, but then she thought about the citizens of the kingdom who might need help and she decided she would take the diamonds to the village to share with the town.

Everyone was so grateful to Kamilah and Cassandra for sharing the diamonds, that they made them the Princesses of the land.

Princess Kamilah wore a yellow sunshine dress. Princess Cassandra wore a blue water dress. And their crowns were made out of those beautiful diamonds.

Kamilah and Cassandra still visit Kamilah's Imagination and, of course, always wear their crowns.

The End.

-Cassandra Alexa

Dr. Ondrizek, I will never forget or stop being grateful that you saved my life. I thank you so much for being a good, fair, nice doctor who gave me the help that I needed. And thank you to the kind nurses that took care of me well and were nice to me. Thank you for being the good-hearted medical staff I needed to make it through. I can't thank you enough.

-Cassandra Alexa