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Table of contents: Chapter 1: My Name Chapter 2: My Family Chapter 3: My Dad, Pablo Chapter 4: An advice from an adult Chapter 5: My 2020 Chapter 6: My friends Chapter 7: A special family member Chapter 8: A happy holiday for me Chapter 9: A birth Chapter 10: What aspect for the future?
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all teenagers, we all teenager is not easy but can. tell you some things a normal teenager.
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Chapter 1: My name My name is Renata Boix; it means the woman who was reborn. I really love my name. I think it represents me and I wouldn’t change it. People say that usually the girls who are called Renata are open-minded people. In friendship are really open to new things, are really sociable and they love hanging out with their friends. And that is exactly what I love to do! Also, it's important because with my family we have a saying with my sister's name, Lucia which means the light that lights the way, my other sister's name, Emilia which means joy and my name, all names together make an amazing phrase that says “walk on the illuminated path with joy day by day” It’s really amazing having this in my family.
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Second Chapter: My Family Let’s talk about my family, the most important thing in my life. I have a really big family but I’m going to only talk about the nearest part of it: my dad, Pablo, my older sister Lucia, my other sister Emilia, my grandma Viviana and my favourite uncle, Andres! They are the closest members of my family! I don’t live with all of them, I only live with my dad and my two sisters, and of course with my dog Truman who is more like a brother. I really love to live with them because I never get bored. They are all really funny and we love to do almost the same things: like watching movies or listening to music. I have the best relationship with my grandma and my uncle. Viviana (or as I call her, Vivi) is like my mum. I love hanging out with her and I have really long conversations about anything! And my uncle is the best person in the world; he is like my best friend and is the funniest person I’ve ever known. I really love my family!
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Chapter 3: My dad, Pablo Pablo is a lawyer, he is 52 and he loves running but the most important thing about him is that he is my dad! I thought that it would be interesting to write a whole chapter about him because he is just amazing. I have so many favourite things about him that I can’t even remember but I have three main things: first of all, he understands me and I understand him in every situation, we are like the same person. The second thing is how he cooks; his food is the best food ever! And the third thing is that he never gets angry or complains about anything. Apart from being my dad, he is very important to me because he is the first person that I think of when something happens to me, whether good or bad because I know that he would be happy or sad as me. He is always helping me to make the best choices and decisions. I love you Dad!
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Chapter 4: An advice from an adult Anyone can give you advice, but advice that really works for you, only a few people can. Most of the time the advice that you use is given by people you care about. So I'm gonna tell you the advice that my grandma gives to me. Once, I was really sad because I felt really lonely, my sisters were on a trip with their friends, my dad was working in another country and my friends were on holiday. I was with my grandma, just me and her. So I told her how I was feeling and she told me this great advice “Sometimes you have to rest from people, and in those moments you have to learn to be alone, there is no better companionship than yourself� and this advice changed everything for me. Nowadays, I’m learning how to be alone and enjoy time with myself.
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Chapter 5: My 2020 The first of January I thought that this year was going to be the best year ever; I had a lot of plans like traveling, a lot of parties with my friends and playing a lot of hockey but as we can see nowadays that was not possible. Now, we are in October and I spent the entire year locked up at home with my family. I'm not complaining about that because we had fun together but at the beginning of the year I truly didn’t expect this. Lucky me, I can take classes by zoom every day and I have all the resources to progress at school, but my reality is not the same for all the people. A lot of kids in our country haven't had classes since March because they don’t have the resources and that is very worrying because we all should have the same resources to be able to progress in what we want. But unfortunately it is not like that. I really hope that one day there will be equal conditions that make all children able to study and progress
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Chapter 6: My Friends Today we all hear about bad or toxic friendships, but luckily, it is not my case because my friends are the best people in the world. I have a lot of friends but I only have one group of friends that are like my sisters. They are Renata, Belen, Julia, Ines, Ernestina and Camila. We go through a lot together, a lot of bad moments and a lot of incredible moments. I have known them since we were 7 years old, we all go to the same school, and we met there. With all the years that we know each other, we are now like sisters, we fight a lot but we love each other no matter what, we always think that we will never be apart and we will be together forever. I really hope that because they are the best and I can’t imagine my life without them.
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Chapter 7: A special family member The most special person in my family is my grandma Viviana! She is so special because she is always happy, and never complains about anything or anyone. When she comes into the room is all happiness and fun. I remember once that I traveled with her to Ushuaia; only the two of us and it was great. We traveled by plane and had a lot of new adventures. I will never forget that trip. I like all about her but one thing is above all: how she cooks. Of course, all the grandmas are good at cooking but my grandma is really the best. When you start to eat you can’t stop!
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Chapter 8: A happy holiday for me A happy holiday for me was when I traveled with my family to an unknown island in Brazil. It was really nice because we were almost the only people there. We had an amazing time. There was no Wi-Fi so we disconnected from all the cell phones and computers. The only thing we did was relax and go to the beach every day. It can sound quite boring but it wasn’t like that, in fact, we had a very enjoyable time. We tried to learn how to surf but it was very difficult so we had fun watching how we fell off the surfboards. It was a great moment because I spent a lot of time with my family having a lot of fun!
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Chapter 9: A birth Bautista, my cousin, was born on the 23rd of July, that is one day after my birthday and it is also my grandpa’s birthday. It’s a really special birth because during the pregnancy my aunt had a lot of problems with him, and it was very likely that he would not live when he was born. But luckily, he is fine now and he is 4 years old! He's the most beautiful and the most active boy, he is really special for all in my family, but more so for my grandfather and me, because we had our birthday almost the same day!
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Chapter 10: What aspect for the future? The future, so far away but so close at the same time! When I think about the future I will love to be a psychiatrist or neurosurgeon. I’m really into all of that stuff, the brains are like a world, and I’d love to learn about it. First I want to advance with my work and then have children. I’d love to have 4 children and live in Bologna, Italy, or Madrid, Spain, but also live with my sisters and my dad. My dream job is working researching new cures for mental illness or trying to help those who have them.
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