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An Open Letter To The Sibling I'm Leaving Behind

I'll miss you more than you'll ever know.

Julia Newell
Jun 06, 2016
The University of Alabama
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An Open Letter To The Sibling I'm Leaving Behind
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To my favorite brother:

First and foremost, please don't forget about me. I know you are still young, but I want you to always think of me as you do now. Although you annoy the hell out of me and literally make me want to rip my hair out at times, I love you more than you could even imagine. You are my best friend and the only person who truly understands certain things about me.

You guys dropping me off at school in exactly two months will break my heart, but it's something I have to do in order to make you guys proud. Don't get me wrong, I will miss everyone so deeply, but you I will miss the most. You're like my baby — I love you with all my heart and I would never ever let something happen to you. I would give up everything for you if I had to, your life before mine. If someone is mean to you, tell me, and I will personally fly home to kick their butts for you. I want to be the person you tell your secrets to, much like what I do with you now. You're the best secret-keeper I know and I want to be that person for you too. People truly underestimate the relationship that we have with one another, and I wouldn't change it for the world.

As you get older, you will better understand what I have gone through and I hope you learn from my mistakes; so, basically just don't come home drunk and get in a fight with mama, and don't start smoking weed. However, I know these things happen and I want you to know you can always come to me. I mean, I want to be your cool older sister; when you're a teenager and I'm in my mid- twenties, we're going to live it up. I'll take you to parties and introduce you to all of my hot friends, but I'll also lecture you and tell it like it is if you f*ck up, because I want you to have fun but to also be successful. I want you to have the best life that you possibly can, so that's why I yell at you — it's out of love (and sometimes just annoyance). I want to always be a large part of your life, whether you're 8 or 98 I want to and will be there for you.

My biggest fear going to school isn't leaving home, not knowing anyone, or that I'll be on my own, but that you'll forget about me. I know you will always know that I'm your older sister, but I never want to come home and feel like we're strangers. I wish I could put you in my suitcase and you could live in my dorm with me, but I can't. You're weird and annoying, but you're also the best friend I ever had. We can FaceTime everyday and continue our daily things: me telling PG versions of my stories, and you dancing very provocatively to Selena Gomez. I love you more than you will ever know ... and I cried when I wrote this.

Xoxo,

Your sister

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