When Mom and Dad first told me about you, I was really excited. I was only 4, so I can't tell you exactly how excited, but I believe I was. When I found out you were a girl I freaked out. I wanted a little brother, not a sister. I don't know what the difference was in my head, maybe I inherently knew you'd steal my clothes one day. Either way, you were coming, whether I liked it or not. The day Mom and Dad brought you home, Mom made us match; we wore the exact same outfit (for the first of many times). Through all the times you screamed in the car and threw things you taught me how to be more patient. You drove Mom insane in the car (me too) but I got used to the screaming and by the time our brothers were born, I didn't even hear it anymore.
As we grew older, we were never really close but we always stood up for one another. I will never forget you walking into my band rehearsal at six-years-old and telling off the boy who was picking on me. And I will never regret telling my friends if the club couldn't include little sisters I didn't want to be in it. By the time you were in middle school you were beginning to drive me crazy. We shared a room our whole lives and you stealing my stuff was not boding well with me. Despite all of the screaming matches over a shirt or a necklace, I will forever be grateful that you are my roommate. There is no one I would rather have sing to me at 3 a.m. or have to gossip with me at 12 a.m.
By the time I was a sophomore in high school, we were as close as can be like we are now. We tell one another everything, and now I even put up with you stealing my stuff. We back each other up in arguments against the boys and we give one another advice when we need it. I never thought when I was 4-years-old that some of the greatest things in my life could come from this screaming baby who I had to tune out, and I spent my life matching. I guess Mom was right, everyone else can and will leave, but your siblings will be there for you forever. Thank you for being the best friend a girl could ask for and for teaching me patience, sharing, caring and how to stand up for both myself and those who I love.
Love Always,
Your Big Sister
