[The Ten Spot] Family
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his_sarah_jane 011. TEN facts about your family
1. My parents died when I was five in a car accident. Most of the memories I have of them are from the stories my aunt told me while growing up.
2. Aunt Lavinia has always been a wonderful guardian, especially as her career as a virologist would take us to various cities during my youth. I tried impersonating her once, back when I first met the Doctor, and that didn’t go as well as I hoped. How was I supposed to know people there would have actually read her work? Doctor, I’m talking about you.
3. What I learned from growing up with an aunt as a guardian instead of parents is that family is what you make it. I’ve never been one to believe in conventional families. Family is what you make it, be it blood relatives or friends. And I absolutely adore the small family I’ve found with the Doctor and with Harry and the rest of my friends at UNIT.
4. I’ve been absolutely horrible about keeping up with my aunt since travelling with the Doctor. I send her letters here and there when on Earth, but aside from that, our regular correspondence has since vanished. I do hope she’ll forgive me for that one day.
5. My father was a businessman. I don’t know how much this is a memory or how much this is something Aunt Lavinia once told me, but every time he had to travel to another town, he’d bring me back a small gift. I believe my favourite was a small beanbag owl.
6. Nigel Smith and Alice Trent Smith are buried in a small graveyard behind a small church right outside of Liverpool. I used to make my aunt take me on trips there often when we travelled, even though it was often rather out of the way.
7. I have no siblings. When I was younger, I often wish I did, especially to have someone to play field hockey with. I grew out of that stage quickly enough, since I had a tendency to consider children my age dull. But I still couldn’t help but long for a brother or a sister when I saw siblings in the neighbourhood play together.
8. My grandparents never played much of a role in my life. By the time I moved in with Aunt Lavinia, only my mother’s mother remained alive. I was never very close with her.
9. Despite everything I said in item three about family being what you make it, this topic has always been a sore subject for me. I suppose it’s due to some of the teasing I used to receive in primary school. And all of the punishments I got after giving Teddy Miles a black eye for doing so.
10. My family hasn’t been normal. Growing up, it consisted of an aunt who wouldn’t always be around to take care of me. Now, it consists of friends instead of lovers or children. But I wouldn’t trade any of it for anything. I’m rather fond of it just as it is.
1. My parents died when I was five in a car accident. Most of the memories I have of them are from the stories my aunt told me while growing up.
2. Aunt Lavinia has always been a wonderful guardian, especially as her career as a virologist would take us to various cities during my youth. I tried impersonating her once, back when I first met the Doctor, and that didn’t go as well as I hoped. How was I supposed to know people there would have actually read her work? Doctor, I’m talking about you.
3. What I learned from growing up with an aunt as a guardian instead of parents is that family is what you make it. I’ve never been one to believe in conventional families. Family is what you make it, be it blood relatives or friends. And I absolutely adore the small family I’ve found with the Doctor and with Harry and the rest of my friends at UNIT.
4. I’ve been absolutely horrible about keeping up with my aunt since travelling with the Doctor. I send her letters here and there when on Earth, but aside from that, our regular correspondence has since vanished. I do hope she’ll forgive me for that one day.
5. My father was a businessman. I don’t know how much this is a memory or how much this is something Aunt Lavinia once told me, but every time he had to travel to another town, he’d bring me back a small gift. I believe my favourite was a small beanbag owl.
6. Nigel Smith and Alice Trent Smith are buried in a small graveyard behind a small church right outside of Liverpool. I used to make my aunt take me on trips there often when we travelled, even though it was often rather out of the way.
7. I have no siblings. When I was younger, I often wish I did, especially to have someone to play field hockey with. I grew out of that stage quickly enough, since I had a tendency to consider children my age dull. But I still couldn’t help but long for a brother or a sister when I saw siblings in the neighbourhood play together.
8. My grandparents never played much of a role in my life. By the time I moved in with Aunt Lavinia, only my mother’s mother remained alive. I was never very close with her.
9. Despite everything I said in item three about family being what you make it, this topic has always been a sore subject for me. I suppose it’s due to some of the teasing I used to receive in primary school. And all of the punishments I got after giving Teddy Miles a black eye for doing so.
10. My family hasn’t been normal. Growing up, it consisted of an aunt who wouldn’t always be around to take care of me. Now, it consists of friends instead of lovers or children. But I wouldn’t trade any of it for anything. I’m rather fond of it just as it is.
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Date: 2007-07-25 06:19 pm (UTC)We have talked about this, haven't we, Sarah? Your childhood is something I wouldn't have wished upon any creature, especially one so young, but I hope at least you understand how proud of you I am. I think your Earth cliches can often be rubbish formulated to allow others power and self-righteousness over the downtrodden, but it's clear that one in particular has been true for you: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Is that how it goes? I'm awful at remembering such things.
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Date: 2007-07-25 11:46 pm (UTC)Yes we have. And yes, that's how the cliche goes. Although you should know by now I've never been one for those ridiculous sayings. They're only words people invent to make themselves feel better. Hearing you say that you're proud of me is worth a million cliches any day.
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Date: 2007-07-26 03:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-26 04:52 am (UTC)But if it means anything, I think you may well be my favourite Timelord.