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Part One: Written Paper
My name is Xandria Renay Nilsson. I was born on August 29, 1999. I

was born premature, about two months early. Because of this, I was under
weight, I was only four pounds when I was born. Ive always been small. My
life is kind of complicated. When I was younger, I was adopted. Also, I have
family members that arent family, but I consider them to be. In my opinion, I
have two brothers, Alex and Tyrell. I also have three sisters, Heather, Natalia,
and Tori. Alex is 26, Tyrell was 3_, Heather is 37, Natalia is 10, and Tori was
3_. Tyrell and Tori passed away. Tyrell, Tori, and Heather are my siblings from
adoption, and Alex is someone who I consider to be my brother. I was
adopted by Connie Nilsson who is my biological grandmother. I didnt find
this out till 9th grade. Tyrell was my biological father, so Natalia, who was
Tyrells daughter, is my half-sister. Heather and Tori are my biological aunts.
But, I dont consider them to be my aunts, Tyrell to be my father, or Connie
to be my grandmother.
I have gone to many schools. I used to live in Colorado. When I lived in
Colorado, I attended Tollgate Elementary school, I attended there from
kindergarten to first grade, and the first week of second grade. I then moved
to Utah. When I moved, I attended Viewmont Elementary school, then
Riverview Jr. High, and now I am currently attending Murray High School also
SLCC. When I moved, I had to leave many friends. But, I stayed in contact
with one of them. Kaylan and I have been friends since Kindergarten, so 12
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years. But recently, she has become distant. She was in the Colorado movie
theater shooting, her cousin died in the shooting, and her aunt and uncle
were injured. But, Kaylan and I talk whenever we can. Even though we are
two totally different people, shes a cheerleader, while I am an emo freak,
we still talk as if we werent, and we dont judge each other off of our social
statuses. We are still friends and she is still the same girl I became friends
with all those years ago.
Many events have happened in my life that has affected me. One of
them is when Tyrell passed away. Also, when Tori passed away. I was affected
by that also. The Colorado movie theater shooting affected me, because I
almost lost one of my first friends. The last event that has happened recently
and has affected me is when my friend, Jake Accord, passed away. But these
events do not define me, they only partially define me, the events are not
who I am.
The first event that has affected me greatly is when Tyrell passed away.
He passed away on October 2nd, 2008. I was only in fourth grade at the time.
This event has affected my social/emotional development as well as my
cognitive development. After Tyrell passed away, I smiled less, became
slightly depressed, I became less talkative, and I didnt really socialize, that
is how it affected my social/emotional development. How it affected my
cognitive development was after he died, I felt as if his death was somehow
my fault. Even though I had nothing to do with his death. I also felt as if
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everyone I knew and loved were going to leave me by dying, or they would
just leave by walking away and never coming back. Tyrells death had
affected me greatly. One way I coped with his death was by wearing darker
colors. Also, this was the time I started drawing. I would draw in my free
time. But, if Tyrell didnt pass away, everything would be different.
The second event that happened was on October 6th, 2011. That was
the day my sister, Tori, passed away. She died from a drug overdose. When
this happened, she was at a place for women to live. Her son, my nephew,
Luke, was in the room when she passed away, and he was locked inside the
apartment for 3 days. He somehow managed to unlock the door and get
help. He was only 3 at the time. It was late at night when we found out about
Toris passing. I still remember what I was wearing that night. When she died
I became quiet again. I didnt talk in class or with my friends. I missed a lot of
school also. I didnt smile or talk. That was how it affected my
social/emotional development. Just like when Tyrell passed away, I thought
everyone was going to leave me. But, I think her death was for the greater
good. She was not a fit parent, neither was Lukes birth father. Luke was
adopted by my sister, Heather, and her husband.
The third event that has happened, occurred recently. On April 16th,
2015, my friend Jake had passed away. He was always smiling, laughing,
telling jokes, and things like that. You would never had thought he was
holding so much pain inside. Mostly everyone knew before I did. My friend
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Rya seemed down so I texted her in class, asking what was wrong. When she
replied telling me Jake had committed suicide, I immediately broke down
crying. I didnt stop crying for the rest of that day. Many of my friends noticed
I was crying, asked me what was wrong, and then consoled me. But what I
found surprising was that the teachers noticed I was crying, yet they
pretended I wasnt and didnt ask what was wrong. By this time in my life, I
didnt smile often, and I still dont. I dont really talk much either.
All these events have affected me in some way. Without these
happening, I wouldnt be who I am today. If none of these events had
happened, I would have never found out that Connie is my grandmother,
Tyrell was my birth father, Heather and Tori are my aunts, and Natalia is my
half-sister. Also, if Tyrell hadnt passed away, Natalias mother wouldnt have
gotten remarried and had her second child, Ethan. Also, if Tori hadnt passed
away, Luke wouldnt have been adopted, Heather wouldnt have been
blessed with a child. Tori neglected Luke. Things happen for a reason.

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