Big sister,
It is truly crazy to sit here and think about where all the time has gone. It feels like just yesterday we were playing with our Barbie dolls on the floor in our room, spending hours on the old swing set in our backyard and playing house with all of the neighborhood kids. Now here we are, all these years later, both adults in college, with steady jobs, serious boyfriends, and busy social life’s. However, despite how much we have grown up, we have never grown apart.
Looking back now on all of the good and bad times we shared together, it is honestly hard to imagine how on earth we shared a bedroom together all these years without killing one another. But hey, we did it somehow, with minimal complaints, even though mom and dad may disagree. I feel like sharing a room made us closer though, it forced us to spend time together and talk even when we might not of wanted too. We have definitely had our share of memories, the good, bad and the ugly. I have a feeling mom and dad only remember the bad, but don’t worry, I cherish our good times the most.
Thanks for always backing me up when we would beg mom and dad to buy us something or take us somewhere. Thanks for doing all the stupid things first, so they got furious at you, and then just expected it to happen with me when I got older. Thanks for testing the waters when it came to just how much freedom you could get, and what you could getaway with. This made it easier for me to do those same things at an even younger age. Thanks for giving me all your clothes that you decided you just didn't want anymore, and for the stuff I borrowed without your approval of course. Also a big thanks for always being my best friend on family vacations and taking cute pictures for me when there was no one else to. Do not get me wrong, you are not only my best friend on vacations, you are my forever best friend.
I am so thankful for the relationship we have, and the way it has gotten stronger through the years. What amazes me the most is that the further away we seem to get from each other, the closer our relationship becomes. I guess it goes to show we really do love each other, and somehow I still do even though you bullied me and turned me into your personal servant every time you would babysit me as a kid.
However, most importantly, thanks for being someone for me to look up to. I am sure it pissed you off to extremes when all I wanted to do was tag along with you and your friends when I was younger, but I think I just wanted to be like you. I cannot deny that today either, I look up to you and would be so lucky to turn out to be anything like you. You definitely made it a hard challenge keeping up with you, but it has been a fun challenge to accomplish, and I somehow ended up at the same college as you so I guess I am on the right track to be just like you after all.
I am sorry if I do not say it enough, but I am so lucky to have you in my life, you are such a blessing and a beautiful soul, and I hope you never change. I wonder where I would be today if it were not for you teaching me the ways of life, especially when you would download 1000 songs on iTunes when you were 16 which I got to listen to and pretend I knew all the “big-girl” songs and thought I was super cool. Through all the bumps in the roads, and the ones yet to come, I know I will always have you, and I could not be more grateful.
Love,
Your taller, but younger sister