All about me

Hi, I’m Stefanie Knoll; I’m 5’10 and 120 pounds of pale skin and fragile bones. For the last 17 years I have lived in the shadow of my older sister. I came to Princess Margaret when I was 14, I was scared beyond belief and I never actually expected to finish high school. Now at 17 I am preparing to leave it all behind. In 79 days, I am moving to a place that I have been to once, and that was only for orientation. For the first time in my life no one will know my name, or should I say know of my name. Throughout high school I have been refereed to as Rachel more times than I can count. I have felt as if I was always on the outside looking in. Following in the foot steps of Rachel was not an easy task, and in the end it was not a task that I could complete. I became the opposite of her. She was outgoing and popular, I am reserved and only have a few close friends. You see I was never cut out to be a part of the Knoll family, I have always felt like the black sheep. My mom is over the top and gaudy, her favorite color is glitter. Oh, and my dad, well he is a character, city slicker turned redneck, has never really been around much due to work, and when he is all we really talk about is hockey, but deep down I know he regrets not being able to see me grow up. Both of my parents came from interesting families. Dad was adopted when he was 2 weeks old, and from the stories he used to tell us he had an amazing childhood, but after his parents died and his brother, he pretty much lost all contact with the rest of them. My Mom grew up watching countless soccer games and on Robson Street, her family owned a few shops, her childhood was romanticized, but it made her the person she is today. Most things about me are hard to explain, I guess, like how I am mostly delusional and live in a half imaginary world but I am also a realist to the core. I am just a bunch of contradictions most of the time and I do not like it, but I also do.