Everyone knows having older siblings can be a pain. Growing up with me my brother and my sister it was fun. At least when I grew up it was. My oldest sister was always daddy's little princess so she never had to do anything really. My brother would get a lot of the responsibility because Katie got to do her own thing. So whatever Chris my brother got was usually put on me. Me being the youngest would just take it and go deal with it.

But as we grew up I started getting closer and closer with my brother. Of course when we were little we had the brother fights that are famous. Mom would always yell cause she's scared someone would get hurt. She even still does that today when we mess around. But what grew us closer was baseball. Growing up we had a nice big backyard and with both of us being pitchers that called for a pitchers battle. We would grab a tennis ball grab our bats and head to the backyard. 90 percent of the time he would win but I would always win those rare games.

I finally realized the beauty of having him around started kicking in. He would always be that one to push me for that extra rep and make me want it more. To a lot of people he came across as mean but that's just cause he wanted what's best for me. He always helped me when it came to life and on what battles I should fight and what battles I should just avoid.

The best part is, is that no matter how bad I mess up and how mad my parents may be at me I know he's right there. Your older brother is more than someone who is just your blood relative who's there just cause they have to be. They're there cause they love you and it took me this long to finally see that. Older brothers are more than just that guy who gives you crap. They do it cause it's there way of saying "ya know I love you but I can't always be the nice guy."

So before you start thinking that your older brother is out to get you just stop and think. If he was out to get me I probably wouldn't be alive right now. I want to thank my older brother and my two half brothers for being there when I need them. Brothers are more than family they're the best lifelong friendship you'll ever have! Also I would like to add in one more brother. My sisters fiancé welcome to the best family out there. Just please remember, It may take them a while to finally show it but you can't bet your ass they love you.