The Spirited Child- school paper

            My cousin Erin is a very spirited girl. Most of the time that I’m with her we laugh

constantly and go on exciting adventures. I only see her twice a year but sometimes the

excitement of our upcoming trips together make the time go by faster when we’re apart.

Erin is so easy to love and oh so gorgeous that she seems to glow everywhere she goes.

            Erin is incredibly beautiful with her long blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes that

highly resemble the summers blue skies. Her personality is so incredibly spunky and

outgoing that it’s rare that she’ll ever turn down a task. Whether it’s cart-wheeling around

an entire park or singing Taylor Swift songs at the top of her lungs, Erin will never cease

to amaze anyone. She creates an atmosphere where everyone is happy and when she

leaves the room it’s as though she took the feeling with her.

            I spent nearly the entire month of July with Erin and my sister Paris in

Washington at our grandmother’s house. We had so much fun it should have been a

crime. Every time Erin laughed her crazy, jumpy laugh, she made the joke even funnier.

Every time we drove somewhere we would blast the radio and hear Erin’s voice over

everyone else’s as she sang to the lyrics. I’ve learned that whenever I go on a trip I have

to bring Erin along to make it fun.

            Erin loves to shop, so whenever we see her we go shopping and look for good

deals. She loves shoes and always puts on the most adorable outfits. Her adorable self fits

into her lovely life like a puzzle piece and negotiates herself out of any situation that does

not suit her. The thing that I love the most about Erin is that she’s not afraid to be herself 

and will never turn down a compliment.

            Erin can never lose at anything because she’s always winning in her head. Even if

we’re having a water balloon fight on the roof not much can stop her momentum. We

have a plan, or at least the dream, to go to Africa and volunteer at an orphanage when we

graduate high school, and I know that if it does happen, we are going to have so much

fun. There aren’t many “Erin’s” in the world so I feel pretty lucky to have one as my

cousin.