To my little sister,
I just wanted to let you know how much you mean to me and to say thank you for everything you’ve done. Thank you for always telling me I look pretty when I feel like a potato. Thank you for being my nurse when I am sick. Thank you for being my best friend. Thank you for being my biggest supporter. No matter how old we are, you will always be the “baby girl” of the family.
You are the most caring and courageous person I have ever met. At only 10 years old, you have more wisdom than some adults that I know. You speak up for yourself and others in a way that I rarely see and for that I admire you more than you’ll know.
When you were born, I had this idea in my head that you’d be exactly who I wanted you to be. It didn’t take long for me to figure out that that wasn’t going to happen. While I wanted to paint your nails, braid your hair and play teacher or house, you were too busy playing with dinosaurs, looking for bugs or teaching me something about river monsters.
Your personality came out overnight. You went from this tiny little thing who did everything she was told to a girl who knew what she wanted and wasn’t going to let anyone forget what they said weeks ago. You quickly became the funniest and sassiest person I know.
At 10 years old, you’re one of the strongest people I know. Not many people would be able to go to school every day and face their bullies the way you did last year. All those days you would come home upset because of the mean things your classmates said broke my heart, but you still went to school the next day. You stood up for your friends when the bullies started to bother them. You had to change schools this year to get away from the bullies, but by the third day, you made friends. That’s hard for anybody, but you transitioned like nothing happened.
I hate fighting with you because you’re my mini-me. You have the same temperament that I do, you talk like I do and you fight like I do. We could be fighting about the last cookie in the cookie jar, but without fail, you will say what I want to say before I get a chance to. It’s the most annoying thing about you.
You don’t know it now, but you saved my life on more than one occasion. Every time I felt like giving up, I thought about you. I thought about how you didn’t understand what was going on and how you needed me around to tell you things get better. You’re the reason I’m here today and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to thank you for that.
I don’t think I’ll ever know how I got so lucky to have you as my sister. You’re the sister I always wanted and the best friend I never expected. Thank you for everything you do for me.
I love you, baby girl.
