Dear Matthew,
“Hey Brother, There’s an endless road to re-discover”
Let’s be honest, we didn’t always get along and we probably didn’t start until I got my license and could drive you around. Now that I’m 10.5 hours away, we have nothing to argue over, for the most part. But even though we still have our disagreements, I couldn’t be more thankful to have you as a brother.
Thank you for stealing attention from me when we were little. I wanted a sister SO MUCH and I didn’t want a brother at all. I probably also asked Mom and Dad if we could send you back a few times, but it turns out I got stuck with you. But if I didn’t get stuck with you, I never would have realized how much I love having you around.
Thanks for making me drive you everywhere. When I first got my license, Mom and Dad made me drive you to baseball practice, pick you up from school, and drive you to your friends’ houses. But when you had the option between them and me driving you, you always chose me. Even when I had to go out of my way, you made me drive you. But after a while, I started to want to drive you around. Eventually, you liked to go on long car rides to wherever we would end up. Dad and I called it “sploring”, and it was always our thing. Then you asked me to take you “sploring” and we would just drive around town. Even though it started out as a burden having to drive you around, we bonded over spending time together. I can’t wait until we can go again the next time I'm home.
Thanks for always annoying me. You are one of the most annoying people on the earth. You tip Mom’s chair when she’s in the middle of something on her computer. You scared me in the car while I was driving you to baseball practice. You bother Dad on a daily basis. You annoy us all to no end. But once I moved away, I didn’t realize how used to being annoyed by you I was, and I started to miss it. I didn’t realize how often you’ve made me laugh from doing something stupid. I didn’t realize I would actually miss you until I was actually far away.
Thanks for always snitching on me too. Even when I did nothing wrong, you would blame something on me. Sometimes you would take the blame for something I did. When we were younger I always felt like I got in trouble for things you did. But as we got older, you would get in trouble for things I did. It may not have been fair, but that’s a bond only we can share.
You always tried to hang out with my friends and I when I had them over, and that always bothered me. Once we got older, I always wanted to hang out with you, but you didn’t always want to hang out with me. I miss not having you around to go outside and ride the quads in the woods or go jump on the trampoline. Now all I can do is FaceTime you, but it’ll have to do until I come home again.
“What if I'm far from home? Oh, brother, I will hear you call”
We’ve had our fair share of arguments, and we’ve been through some hard times, but we’ve gotten through it. I’m so thankful I have you as my “little” brother, even though you’re taller than me now. Thanks for always being there for me, even though you let me get shot last year during senior assassin. But I hope you know that I’ll always be here for you too. Don’t ever forget the lyrics to “Hey Brother” by Avicii,
“if the sky comes falling down, for you, there’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do”
I mean it.
Love always,
Your “big” sister
Melissa
