Dear younger brothers,
Over the many years of living under the same roof, there are a couple things I would like to tell you that I never realized I would wind up feeling or saying.
I miss you.
Yes, I really honestly do miss you both with all of my heart. I miss our 2 a.m. talks in my room, goofing around instead of doing homework or chores, our weird jokes, sitting at the dinner table and debating over the most random crap. I miss seeing your faces, hearing your voices, calling me my standard nicknames, watching movies like "Lord of The Rings," "Harry Potter" and "Mean Girls." I miss your brutal honesty, your sarcasm (although sometimes it’s really crappy), and I even miss being annoyed by you on rare occasions — don’t get any ideas when I get back. But I know at the end of the day, when I come home it’s so much sweeter seeing and chilling with you guys.
I love you.
I don’t say it enough, but I love you goofballs. I love you to the moon and back. If you don’t know already or haven’t figured it out, I’d do (almost) anything for you. And don’t ever think I hate you even after we get into fights. Always keep this in mind during your best and worst days.
Okay, now after getting all that soft crap out of my system, there’s also a few things that you both taught me over the past 16 years that I wish to share with you and the world.
You are really my best friends that I am related to.
You know me better than I know myself. I tell you idiots basically everything, and I know pretty much everything about you both. We do stupid crap together like best friends. We see each other at our best and worst moments. We don’t have to talk to have fun, but as long as we are in each other’s presence, we do wind up having a pretty bomb time. We have inside jokes we made years ago that we still laugh about to this day. We have an unspoken language and know when to help a sibling out — shout out to the time you let me sleep extra when mom and dad were bringing groceries in and we had to help. You also give me advice despite being the younger siblings. But most of all, I can always count on you guys whenever and wherever.
You support me even when I am not living at home.
It’s hard not physically having you guys around all the time especially for important events in my life. For example, it honestly sucked not seeing you guys in the crowd the day of my first fashion show when I released my very first finished collection. But I know you guys were at home feeling proud of being related to me. When I have bad days, I can always shoot you guys a text in our group chat and know you can cheer me up. You help me get into my zone for game day (thank you for that too) and will even text me just to tell me I’ll do great. You guys are a part of my core support system and are a part of my motivation in life because I want you guys to be proud of the sister/woman/lady I’ve become. I know you’ll always be proud even if I make mistakes. And thanks for having my back. I appreciate having you guys spotting me.
Thank you boys for all the things you’ve done for me. My life would be so much less interesting without you. I love you to the moon and back.
With sincere love from college,
Your older sister
