As I am sliding on my shoes, worries build up thinking about my day ahead and the decision I would have to make soon. I slowly step out the door. The outside was luminous, but the air smelled sweet. I get in my brother's small black car. I was going to shadow at another high school. We started pulling out of the driveway, I started hearing the crunching acorns as the car runs over them. My stomach slowly starts to tie up in knots. I was so overjoyed that I was tapping my feet on the floor of the car, but the nerves built up inside of me that just wanted to scream.

     My brother starts talking to me, he was wondering how I felt as if he could see right through me as if he could hear exactly what I was thinking. I started to tell him how I could not resolve what school I liked more because they were both such great schools, and I did not want to make a wrong choice . He started telling me that the new school had so many more opportunities with learning and with golf. My brother made so many great points about both schools but yet the decision was still so difficult. My mind just could not process what he was saying because I was making a decision that could affect my future.

     “I don't want to let anyone down,” I said as I felt sick to my stomach.

     “You will never disappoint anyone, you have to make a decision on how you feel and do not try to please anyone,” he stated with confidence.

      What he was saying was making my mind race with the pros and cons of each school. I could see on his face how he really was there to help me, which just made my stress fly away. He made sure he knew what he was talking about. I was telling him about how it made me feel worried that if I chose the other school I would be leaving Mariemont behind. He reassured me, by saying not to stress and told me that his girlfriend Ruby felt the same when she shadowed but she went anyway and made so many friends.

     Which helped my anxiousness melt away. I realized that my brother will always be there to support me, even when I have a hard decision to make. I felt so much relief when I realized that I could make my decision on how I felt and not what I think other people wanted me to do. I just know that with whatever decision I make I will be happy and my brother will be there to support any decision I make.