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...In 2004, i was born, a month after the civil war in my country ended. A lot of people were happy about it, especially my small family, meaning my dad, my mom, and my older sister. That's what my mom told me, anyway i was light skin and a little fat. at that time people that saw me were so impressed of how cute i was that they would question my indentity, some were even saying that my mom had an affaire with a foreigner. Even my own dad did not believed i was his son seeing how cute i was. but he finally acknowledged me as his son when his mom who was my grandmother, told him that i looked just like him when he was a baby. My mom told me that, my older sister loved me so much that, she was alway with me, punching my cheek, playing with me. She even ran from school to home after her school was over just to see me, because she was happy, to finally have a sibling. In my neiberhood, before i was born, including my mom there were three pregnant women. funny enough they knew each other and were all friends, and so were their children. Before me and the other kids from the women were born, one day, my older sister dominique went playing at her friend's fatim apartment and her friend jelima was there too. They were asked a very intresting question about their mother's prengancy by fatim's mother who was one of the prengnant women. "Who do you want as your sibling ?" fatim's mother said, my older sister went first " i want a boy" she answer, "why ?" fatim's mother asked, "because were all women in the familie and i hate it, i want a strong younger brother who can protect me and my mother if my dad is not here" she answer. Fatim's mother turned her head in her daughter and jelima direction, "what about you girls ?" she asked, "i also want a boy" fatim answer, "why ?" her mother asked, " because i think that what domi said makes sense" she answer. Fatim loved my older sister dearly and she sees her not only as a friend but also as a sister, so she followed my older sister every move and copy her every move and want, so it was expected that she would also choose a boy as her sibling. "I want a sister" jelima said, " why is that ?" fatim's mother answer, "because i want her to match my clothes and hair style, she be like my twin sister", "alright pray to god this sunday when we go to church, god always listen to little kids, ok" fatim's mother said, "ok" my older sister and her friends responded. Sunday arrive, and my sister and her friend went to church to make their wishes to god of what they wanted, then three weeks later me and the other kids were born. they got what they wanted, fatim's brother was born before me, then i was born, then jelima sister was born after me....

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