val, when she was a baby, was a flirtatious fireball of fanatical energy. it wasn't uncommon to find her running around the house, bugging her sister nora, and driving her parent's insane. she carried this energetic persona through her teen years. but as a kid, she hated the water. it was wet, and cold, and she feared it. until her parents took her to the beach and showed her that there was nothing to be afraid of. since Nora was her big sister, she inevitably followed her around like a lost puppy. she looked up to her big sister Nora and would rather do something nora liked than do something she liked.
it wasn't until her teen years that her rambunctious attitude calmed down and she began to have a mind of her own. by then she was helping her mother around the house, cooking and cleaning and trying to be a good girl. she, being the youngest, sometimes envied her sister, but learned from her. she always carried a cheerful attitude up even to her adult years and hasn't once done anything she has regretted. |