Until I moved into Union University as a freshman, I never had my own room. I grew up sharing a room with my two sisters. To some people that seems like a nightmare, to me it sounds like home. We used to fight all the time. Sometimes we hit each other and there were a ton of screaming matches; That was just part of growing up. I used to hate having to share a room. I wanted my own room so badly, but the older I got the more I began to see the benefit of sharing a room.
My sisters were the first real best friends I ever had. Regardless if we were mad at each other, at the end of the day I knew they would always have my back. So many nights we would be up past our bedtime just sitting in the dark talking. We would talk about boys, things going on at school, things going on at church and reminisce about our past. If the walls of our room could talk, they would tell of all the good times and bad times we've shared together.
Our room was my safe harbor. Things I didn't want to tell anyone else but my sisters were shared in that room. The night my heart was broken by a boy my sisters were there to make me feel better. And the day my best friend went home to be with Jesus, my sisters held me in my bed as we all mourned the loss together. My sisters have seen my best and my worst. So many times we've cried together in that room. I knew as long as my sisters were around that I would never have to be alone.
I am the middle of my sisters. At different parts of my life, I have been closer to one sister over the other. Looking back, I see that all those hours spent in our room just talking helped shape me into who I am today. While we each have our own friend group, nobody really knows you quite like your sister.
When we all get back from college, we spend hours swapping stories. Nobody can make me laugh like they do, nobody knows how to push my buttons like they do. But I wouldn't trade them for the world. Going to Union for school meant being 12 hours away from home. The Skype dates that all three of us are able to do at once are full of so much laughter, and can make even the worst day that I'm having seem better. You guys are my biggest fans and I am so proud to be a Salzman girl with both of you.
Kaitlyn and Elizabeth, I cannot thank you enough for being my best friends. I can't imagine my life without you guys. Kate, your wheezy old man laugh always makes me laugh and I love it most when we are all laughing together. I love that you are both wise and stern with Liz and I and you know the right thing to say to make me feel better. I am a strong and Godly woman thanks to you. Liz, you are the youngest and the craziest sister. You are always up for an adventure and I love that you're my mini me. You make me want to be a better person so that I can be a good example for you. I love sharing a shelf with you.
Closer hearts cannot be found than to have a sister who is also your friend.
I love you guys.
