The Giver Period 1

       Hi, my name is Aspen Collins. I am a female 11.  I live with my mother Stacey, who is a 33, my father Chuck, who is also a 33, and my younger brother Drew who is a 5 and obsessed with his comfort object, a small lion he takes everywhere he goes. We live on the corner of 24th, and 23ed street in a very small community.
       I can't wait for the ceremony of 12!  I want to be a Cargo Pilot just like my father.  My mother says that I shouldn't worry about the ceremony of 12. But I'm still nervous about it.  What if the elders give me a job that I don't enjoy and I am stuck doing it for my entire life, that would be devastating.  No, devastating is to strong of a word, that would be terrible is what I meant to have said.  My younger brother doesn't understand the importance of the ceremony of 12, he is still young so I guess that's all I could ever expect.
      Now, to tell you a little bit about myself.  I am taller than most of the other 11s in my group, and have long dark hair.  I think I have light eyes, but I'm not certain, I haven't looked in a mirror sense I was a 9. I have clear medium skin and a small pointy nose.  I look nothing like my mother or father, but it guess that makes sense because, after all I'm not related to them.  I came from a birth mother that I will never meet.
      I hope you've enjoyed reading about me and my family.