As an impressionable child you taught me so many things that I will never be able list it all, but when we were growing up we looked up to you. Yeah, figured. You already knew that your little sister would be looking up to you, and you probably knew I was too. Between you and our families, we grew to learn many life lessons. We looked up to you because you were the oldest who was a star soccer player and cheerleader, and you were like the super nerd we wished we were. You were there for many of our "firsts" and you were there when our siblings did stupid things (Uh B'puz Skywalker my mom not here to pank me). You were both of our role models.
When we started to get into middle school your sister went the cheer route, and I focused on school and soccer. We both were trying to figure who we were but we used you as our role model. Later on I would cheer but briefly and I would learn I rather be cynical, and not smiling. In high school, she would still cheer and I would be so focused on academics that the only sports I cared about was soccer and running. In way you shaped us in sports. We would also get our love from reading from you because we would read your books when you were away at school, p.s. slowly dying because there's one book I didn't ask to borrow that I should've. We learned more than that like you did when you were at our age. We learned the lesson my mom taught you in her words exactly, "That you guys were the best form of birth control ever, after watching you 3, she would be very careful in the sex ed dept." So like how you don't want a Matthew-may-who, we learned that my siblings were the best contraceptive we could ever get.
Besides that you were one of the only people other than her I could question, except I would never question your sister on politics, that's a serious bad idea. I remember wanting to be the younger you in soccer but my mouth would get me carded, even when I said it in Spanish, dang refs. You taught me to cherish the moments we have with family because one day you'll be on your own, and you can't run home to mom. I know that if I call you up and say "did you see that pk kick?" You won't be lame and say no, because when you babysat us you watched Fifa and the Olympics so I know you still watch it.
You are my best friend's older sister who taught me the tricks to cooking in the microwave, to cherish the moments in our sports, to enjoy every book and don't let anything ruin it, you taught me ambition, that guys have big egos and to knock them on their butts, that chicken nuggets is an acceptable date food, to be correct when debating or speaking about a subject, and not to punch our little brothers no matter how annoying they are (
