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30 Things To Thank Your Younger Sister For

A reminder to your little sister of just how special she is to you

Elise Fredericks
Jun 23, 2015
Lehigh University
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30 Things To Thank Your Younger Sister For

There is no greater gift in this world than a younger sister. But, sometimes, we take for granted their importance in shaping who we become, and forget to thank them for the positive impact they've had on our life. So, I've created a list of 30 things that we should thank our younger counterparts for right now to show them just how grateful we are to have them.

1. Playing the student and letting me have the role of teacher while playing school when we were younger.

2. Not thinking twice about how much I eat.

3. Letting me belt my heart out in the shower.


4. Opening up your room to me when I had a bad dream and needed someone to be there when I fell asleep.

5. Letting me hug you for no reason at all.

6. Being savvy with directions and never letting me get lost.

7. Driving me around when I'm too lazy to drive myself.

8. Calling me just to check in when you know I'm homesick at college.

9. Being my study buddy.

10.Confiding in each other when Mom does embarrassing.

11. Or when Dad tells us another one of his "funny" jokes.

12. Letting me paint your nails, and not even complaining when I've painted half your thumb and missed your thumbnail completely.

13. Laughing when I accidentally burp out loud.

14. Always liking my pictures on Facebook.

15. Teaching me the importance of being adventurous.

16. Letting me steal your wardrobe.

17. Being my personal photographer.

18. And for not arguing when I force you to take a picture with me.

19. Teaching me the importance of putting others before myself.

20. Sharing my desire to travel the world.

21. Letting me try a bite (or five) of your meal when we go out to dinner.

22. Being the person who can make me laugh like no other.

23. Loving me like no one else can.

24. Being the person that I can go to for anything.

25. Challenging me to be the best version of myself.

26.Letting me be the overprotective sister that I am.

27. Inspiring me to never settle for anything less than my best.

28. Never giving up on me.

29. Teaching me how to love unconditionally.

30. Being my first, and greatest friend.

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