My baby sister and I have always been close. Matter of fact, she’s my best friend. She’s always been my number one supporter, and I have also been hers. Growing up, she was my shadow. Everything I did, baby sister had to do too. Sometimes it drove me crazy, but other times, I loved it. What are baby sisters for, right? Funny thing is, all these years she’s been looking up to me, but it’s really me that should be looking up to her.
She has always been better at school, and sports. She’s always made honor roll and fought for everything she’s ever wanted out of life. She made it to college, and left our hometown to fulfill her life-long dream of becoming a veterinarian. She has such a beautiful and forgiving heart. She’s full of laughter and always living life to the fullest, never letting anyone get in her way... Yet, she looks up to me… See what I mean?
Her freshman year of high school, she met her boyfriend Trace. He and Tyler were alike in many ways, they love sports and have the same humor. Another thing, is they have the same heart. They’re one of those couples that just clicked instantaneously. Tyler has always been a happy person, but when they got together she just seemed so careless and free. He revealed another side of her, which I have never seen. She loves him without limits. For once in my life, I had to share my best friend and my baby sister. I had to let someone else love her and take care of her, like I had been all her life. They held on to each other and never let go.
No one expects finding the love of their life at 14, and I’m sure she didn’t expect it either. After endless homecomings, baseball games, holidays, and losing loved ones, he’s been there with her through it all. When “kids” meet in high school, most assume they’ll never last. Saying “you’re too young to know what love is”.
6 years later, he’s still here. Making her happier than ever. And I can’t thank him enough for taking care of her and loving her unconditionally. I feel comfort knowing that no matter what I’m doing, he’s with her making sure she’s safe and out of harm. She has someone to be her shadow now, to follow her wherever she goes. To protect her when times get rough, and to hold her when she needs it. To make her laugh, when all she wants to do is cry. And someone to finally get on her nerves from time to time. No matter what, I know I can never be replaced. Because regardless, she will always be my little shadow and my baby sister.
So baby sister, you really think he’s the one?.. Funny, because I do too.
