When you first are born you think, Man I’m going to have these two wrapped around my finger. This goes on for a few years, then everything changes. Your parents, the two people who should be spending all their attention on you, have just had another child. Your first thought is “Is it too late to take him back?” Because you’re afraid that this new child is going to take all the attention from you. That's how I thought at first, but as I’ve gotten older I know that it is just a myth and my parents love us both equally.
Now, I’m not saying that having a sibling is easy by any means. There have been times when I have wished that I was an only child. I said this because I wanted to get all the gifts at Christmas, be the only birthday celebrated, have everything given to me and only me. Let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that I really don’t like the concept of sharing. Now, not for nothing, I know that it is selfish of me to want everything for myself -- and I get that now.
Having my brother has been probably been one of the best things to happen to me in my life whether or not we’re having a good day or a bad day. You always have that one person that constantly challenges you to do your best whether it be sports, academics or anything. We do fight a lot, but that was when we were both home and attending the same school. When we were younger we did everything together,and even wore matching clothes a few times. I can remember this one time we got our hair dyed a Philadelphia Eagles green for the upcoming game. I also remember how we started a trend of blonde highlights in middle school. As we’ve grown older we’ve butted heads a few times and had our fair share of fights, but at the end of the day even though we don’t ever want to admit it we do love each other.
Something that I will never take for granted is being the older sibling. Being the older sibling means you get to make an impression on your younger sibling. I think that I have been nothing but the best role model to my brother that I can be. As I learn and grow with all these new opportunities that I am getting I hope that he can take what I do and somehow use it as a guide to help him succeed.
Another thing that is funny is despite how similar we were growing up we are complete opposites now. Like two ends of a magnet. Our personalities have developed completely different. That's OK, though, considering the fact that we look very similar. The one thing I don’t want to happen is that I don’t want him to be compared to me because we are so different.
Something that I will never take for granted is being the older sibling. Being the older sibling means you get to make an impression on your younger sibling. I think that I have been nothing but the best role model to my brother that I can be. As I learn and grow with all these new opportunities that I am getting I hope that he can take what I do and somehow use it as a guide to help him succeed.
All in all, I feel that me going away to college has really brought us closer together. Now, being home for the summer and being around him again it's like the whole dynamic has changed. Before I would get annoyed that I had to drive him around everywhere, but now I rarely complain. Before we used to argue about anything and everything, but now we rarely argue. As we get older and grow farther apart, I know it will somehow bring us closer. I say this because we are family and no bond is stronger than family.
