I know you only like me when I buy you things, but you're still my best friend.

Little brothers are probably the most annoying invention of the universe. However, you can't deny that they are always going to be down for spontaneous pizza dates and trips to the mall. Just be prepared to have a look in GameStop.

Bubba, you've been my partner-in-crime from the beginning. Unfortunately, I chose to witness your coming into the world but I was ready to be your big sister from the very first second you were here. As you grew a little more, you learned every single way to annoy me, and I did the same for you. This is obviously more of a bitter-sweet part of our relationship, but I cherish it all the same. But as we learned to bug each other, we also learned how to lean on each other. More specifically, you learned you could always count on me as your big sister.

When all of your friends were on vacation, you would set up your toy cars for us to play with, and I would not-so-reluctantly accept your adorable invitation. We have so many memories together. You and I have already won the Piston Cup about five times. We have lived in dozens of mansions made from colorfully pixelated cubes. I miss when we were young enough to play together and ride our scooters on chalk-drawn roads in the driveway. But since we've gotten older, you count on me to take you out for pizza and puppies at the mall to cheer you up. I take you to see movies because little brothers are the best company for seeing the newest Disney movie.

You already know how much I love you and love annoying you. But what you don't know yet, is how much I will miss you when I move away to college. Even though I absolutely despise listening to you scream at your video games in the middle of the night, I'll miss knowing you're just down the hall if I feel like going somewhere. We knew the time would come when it would be just you and Mom in the house, but now that it is actually here, I'm willing to bet you a cookie and creme milkshake that you will miss me more than you miss getting away with not eating vegetables at dinner.

I just want you to know, I couldn't imagine the last 12 years without you there. Being home for holiday breaks isn't going to make up for all the time I'll be away. We've gotten so used to bugging each other every day, I don't know what I'll do without your pre-teen moodiness for entertainment. Anyway, now that we are an iPhone household, you better video call me every single day.

To all the big sisters leaving their little brothers next month, we'll be okay without our "mini-me". To my baby brother, I'm only a phone call away. Plus a couple-hundred miles but gas isn't cheap and I am soon to be a broke college kid.

Love,

The Best Big Sister You'll Ever Have.