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I am a daughter and sister

My family is the most important part of my life. My two moms and brother are my best friends. If I need someone to confide in or to depend on, my family is always there to listen and support and me. I cannot imagine going a day without them. Each day I learn something new from them and they have shaped who I am today. I am so proud to be apart of my family. My family is small, but so close with each other. 

My moms own a jewelry company so I have always gotten to go to some pretty cool places with them. I grew up going to tradeshows and have known the art of selling since I was probably six years old. Here are some photos with my parents at different events that we have gone to in the recent years. 

Both of the photos above are of my mom, Sondra, and I at different work events together. I have never been an extroverted person like my mom, but she has taken me to these events and parties for my whole life. I find the most joy in people watching and my mom and I always end up having the biggest laughs. Some of my funniest memories are at Hollywood parties that I was dragged to, even though I would much rather spend a night in with the cats and dogs. She gets me out of my comfort zone, which is something that I love about her. 

I really love this photo because it shows the four of us on our yearly tradition of going to pick our Christmas tree. For some reason we always go when it is pouring rain and end up soaking wet and freezing. Every year we say we won't go again when its raining and somehow we always end up back at the Christmas tree farm in the pouring rain. In all honesty I look forward to going in the rain and nearly slipping down the hill every year because this is probably one of the times we laugh the hardest in the whole year. 

Here, we meet my brother Dylan. He is a rock in my life.  He is someone that I can rely on for anything.

Now, he is a paramedic which means our family has to listen to our medical stories 24/7. Our family may not love traumatic injury talk at the dinner table, but have since learned to block their ears because there really is no shutting us up. 

2020 Makena Augenstein

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