In my past, I've had multiple life-changing encounters that might have affected the way I am today. With family problems that eventually led to trauma, I had to learn to grow up at the age of six. This was not what I expected childhood to be like, but I guess everyone has a different life. There was one person that was able to help me live the best life I possibly could and to this day, I still can't thank you enough. Here is an open letter to you.
Our lives weren't the way we expected them to be. We expected to have both of our parents in our lives, helping us with every little thing that we needed. We weren't worried about having to move houses every so often or where we would go to college and how to pay for it. We believed that life would be this simple thing that would be generous to us. Karma ended up getting the best of us and basically flushed our dreams down the toilet. You ended up doing something I never thought about until now–you took the role of my mother at the age of 11 when you had no idea how to even care for yourself. You grew up trying to raise both of us.
One of the biggest acts of bravery I'd ever seen was the fact that you basically sacrificed your college career to stay home and help me with everything I needed. I realize now that even though I thought I was taking advantage of you at the time, you were actually helping me out discretely. You literally became the mother I never had and gave me the love and comfort I had missed out on. You are the one I came to with any little problem I had or any advice I needed. We had the normal sibling rivalry that every sibling had, but we also had that comforting, caring relationship that is only found in very few siblings. To this day, you are still my best friend/sister/mother all in one and I couldn't be happier to have someone like you in my life.