Childhood Memory

One cold december morning my sister and I were getting ready for school. We both woke up extra early to win the first warm shower of the day. We both arrived at the bathroom door at the same time and started fighting immediatly. It first started out as just arguing, which lead to yelling, and finished with some good ol' physical beat down. My mom storms in, and is angry as all get out. We both start loudly stating our sides of the situation, trying to convince our poor mother who was right and have her figure it out. And oh she didn't like that very much at all. She told us that she had had it with out morning behaviors, and that we needed to figure out how to act civil towards each other, and we needed to figure it out for ourselves. She sent us outside on the porch and told us that we may not come back inside until we come to an agreement that we both contributed to (let me remind you, this was a freezing moring during a usual brutal winter in Wisconsin). So Emery and I stepped out into the cold, discussed our problems and came to a resolution that solved all of our morning squabbles. That day I figured out you can't always rely on other people to solve yours problems and fight your battles for you, you have to do things for yourself.