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Reflective Essay: The Perfect Family

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For as long as I could remember, my family showed we were the perfect household; a family whose puzzle was complete and no piece had disappeared at all. It was mostly my mother who often wanted to keep up the appearances, she didn 't realize a jigsaw puzzle had vanished over the years and that was me.

I tried very hard to reach the perfect standard, but that was easier said than done. My family adored my brother who led his own company and I just turned out to be Eliza, the one who always lived in the shadows.

My stomach always hardened when thinking about Tommy, the one who was put on a pedestal. That 's how it seemed like and today it wasn 't really different, on the contrary, today Tommy 's almighty status would increase. He had won a …show more content…

"Thank you, I have to talk to the journalists and reporters."

"Of course."

Tommy always wanted to pull the attention toward him. He wasn 't really shy to claim it and would also do anything to get it. My eyes narrowed when I noticed how he patted a journalist on the back. I slightly shook my head, biting on the inside of my cheek while not trying to show the flaws. I shuffled from one foot to another, hoping the party would pass soon. I couldn 't accept the false show anymore. Every single day, it seemed like there was a heavy burden on my shoulders. I wanted to shout that I was standing over here too, that I earned a place in this society without the shadows overthrowing me.

My father touched my arm. He had a pinched expression, sighing heavily. "Eliza, you must try harder." He cocked his head and shook it. "They will soon notice you don 't really belong with this family if you don 't socialize."

I covered my eyes with my hair, assuring he couldn 't notice my eyes watered. It felt like the whole world collapsed. My body felt broken, I couldn 't believe my own father treated me like that. Although I may have earned it at some times, by behaving like now, I made sure the guests discovered we weren 't a strong family as we

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