You get to pick your friends, but you don't get to pick your family members. When I was younger, I wished that I could. I have an older brother, and growing up, we didn't always get along. As I've gotten older, I've realized that even if I could have gotten to hand pick my sibling, I still would have chosen him. He's my only sibling, and although I'd never tell him this, I look up to him in so many ways.
We are very close in age--him being exactly one year, six months, and one week older than me--but we definitely have not always had a close relationship. When we were younger, I used to always say how much I wish I could trade him for a different brother and how much I just couldn't stand him. I mean he was my older brother after all, so I guess he was just doing his job by picking on me. Now that we've both grown quite a bit and are adults now, I realized that he's not so bad after all. He is the one and only person who has LITERALLY seen me at my worst and at my best. He knows exactly everything I've been through in life because he's been right by my side the whole time. We often joke around with each other, and my absolute favorite thing to do is embarrass him by constantly telling my friends that he's single, following with a wink (oops I did it again).
He's always doing something that just makes me laugh. But let's face it, being funny is just in our genes. There are even times where he can actually be sweet and do things like change my flat tire in 28-degree weather and attempt fixing my cracked phone screen (I say attempt because it was definitely a fail but I am trying to be nice). There's honestly not a lot of bad things I can say about him, but that could also be because I am a little biased. We may not be the closest brother-sister duo you'll ever meet and to say he never annoys me would be a lie. I just want him to know that I am so glad he is my brother, and someday one lucky lady is going to get to marry him (with my help probably). You might not get to pick your siblings, and you may not have the best of relationship with them; but when it comes down to it, they're the person who truly knows you. So, this one is for you, Bro. I am so glad I have you.
Love always,
Lindsey (The best little sister EVER)
