Dear Big Sis,
I’ve always been the younger one. Honestly, I have not known life without you in it. You were the guinea pig with our parents and were able to pass knowledge and experiences down to me. You made life a little less intimidating because before I ever had to do something, I had the wisdom gained from watching you do it first. For my first 16 years, I was your little, inseparable sister, and then high school came to an end for you.
I remember when you were a senior in high school and I was so upset that you were going to leave me behind in that place for two more years. You leaving seemed like the scariest and most horrifying thing to ever happen to me. I remember how I cried more than you did after your lacrosse senior night because I was not ready for you to leave. I would never play beside you in a game again. For the first time, we were going our separate ways in life. We would be separated by two states and over four hours of driving, which seemed like an insurmountable distance at the beginning. It was the end of an era and change was scary.
We made it work, though. Between the phone calls, texts, FaceTimes and visits, we remained close, even though I still missed you every day. We were there for each other throughout the good, the bad and the ugly of college. You were there to comfort me when I bombed my first college assignment, saying you had been there before and it would turn out OK. I was arguably as excited as you were when you received your first acceptance into a doctorate program. Hours away, you still managed to pass lessons on to me.
Now, after almost four years of college, you are a senior and getting ready to graduate once more. Although this time, I am ready for you to leave me behind in school. I am ready to see you begin another stage of your life. You are one of the most mature people I know and I am excited to see where life takes you. As you attend graduate school and go on to bigger and better things, I promise to be your number one fan. Instead of crying, praying that you wouldn’t go, this time I will tell people to watch out because my big sister has been released into the world. I’ll tell people how you’re going to accomplish amazing things, which I know you will.
When you graduated high school, I feared us drifting apart from the distance that would separate us. Now I know better. I know that as scary as it is to close this chapter of your life, when you turn the page you will once again fill it with amazing things, and I will be here to support you the whole way. I know that no matter where we are and what we are doing, we will stay close. You were my first best friend and you are still my best friend. Go out and change the world sis.
Love,
Your Little Sister
