3/22/2017 0 Comments Phone CallHey guys! Today on my blog I wanted to talk about a very influential person in my life. His name is Trey and he’s actually my uncle. Even though he is my uncle, I look up to him like a big brother. Since I don’t really have a true older sibling, and because he is only 7 years older than me, he serves as that older sibling figure in my life.
When I was younger, Trey was always around my siblings and me. I remember him playing hide-and-go-seek with us, passing the soccer ball, taking us to go get ice cream and just always being a very prominent person in our lives. I took that for granted a lot when I was younger and never really appreciated everything he did. It would have been really easy for a teenager at the time to ignore his niece who was still in elementary school. But that’s not what he did all all. But all of the sudden, I thought that everything was about to change. About five years ago, Trey graduated from T.C. Roberson. At the time, I was in 5th grade and extremely emotional about him going away to college. I thought that all of the good times we shared were about to come to an end. I thought he was going to move onto bigger and better things, meet other people and forget how much he meant to me. I couldn't even think about how this big piece of my life was about to disappear for months at a time. While it’s true that he did move on to bigger and better things, I was completely wrong about the other stuff. Maybe it was just my emotional 5th grade self talking, but there was no chance that he was actually going to leave all of us behind in Asheville. I feel like this is something that a lot of kids go through. An older brother or sister leaving for college, or moving out of the house, and it can be really hard. But I’m here to tell you not to lose all hope. I remember very clearly the night in 6th grade when I got my first phone. Trey was the very first phone call that I received. He was about a month into his new college life and probably buried in homework, but he still found a way to show me he was still there. That was the moment when I truly realized that no matter what, the people who mean the most to you will always stick by your side, even if their miles and miles away. That phone call is still something that I think about today. I try my very best to show others that same acknowledgment as Trey showed me. Taking a moment to call your parents, your siblings, or your friends can mean so much more than you ever know. If I’m being completely honest, I highly doubt that Trey would even remember that call he made to me. But I do. So when you finish reading this post, I challenge you to make a phone call to someone you love. While it may seem small and unimportant to you at this moment, it could be something that sticks with the loved one for a long time.
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