The Youngest

There are stereotypes for every position in a family. Like Sarah Margaret was the oldest so she got away with more, but is now more responsible. Dennis is the middle child so he is forgotten sometimes, which he can work to his advantage. I am the youngest. It seems that I am also the weirdest, but I think they are related. When we were all in elementary and middle school we fought like most siblings do. Dennis and Sarah Margaret would tend to gang up on me though. A typical scenario: we are all on the trampoline and I am trying to talk. Dennis would say, "Marg, do you hear something?" Sarah Margaret would always reply, "No, I think it is just some moss growing on that tree." Then they would just ignore me. Another example: I had an earlier bed time than they did so one night before I went to bed they told me that vampires lived in the space between my bed and the wall. Naturally, I went to bed terrified and I thought that vampires were going to eat me in the middle of the night. This would be bad enough, but they took it one step further. They hid in said space between my bed and the wall and right when I had fallen asleep they jumped out and screamed! It was one of the scariest moments of my life and they were just laughing. There are numerous other examples of them doing similar things to me.

I think that there actions caused me to be a little weird. I spent a lot of time alone. Whenever I was mad at them I would curl up in the Dogloo with my puppy. Also, there was a great tree in our backyard and I spent a long time just sitting in the tree alone. The weirdest thing I did to be alone was I spent a whole day digging a hole in the backyard so that I could have my own cave. My dad filled it in as soon as he came home. However, it was going to be the best cave ever.

Sarah Margaret says it is not fair to blame my weirdness on her and Dennis, but I stand by my position that it is their fault.

PS I did have friends when I was young...I was not a complete loser, although I realize that it sounds like I was