One of the benefits of being the older sibling is being able to do everything first with the parents. Having the first family holiday together, watching a video together, making family videos, and all of the memorable related activities. However, when the parents are busy, it gets lonely. That is, until the sibling arrives. Like every pair of siblings, there are inside jokes that we make up and laugh about, our arguments over the small things that felt like an intense war, mutual agreements, and being inseparable when visiting relatives.

My younger sister and I have been through the best and the worst times together. We both had the same babysitters, friends, and things for quite a few years. Until we got older and older, we both started to change and began to like different things and activities. We were becoming human beings and starting to understand the differences between right and wrong. I remember seeing my sister at a very young age; now that she's older and gone to a different state, it's very different not having her around the area. For the last few years, I would be on my way to college, and when it was time to go home, my younger sibling would be there. This year, and probably for the rest of my life, it may not be like that anymore, and that what haunts me sometimes. My sister has had me for her whole life, and I had her for mine; being apart after college is a big step in life for the both of us. Even though that we are separated by distance, that won't change who we are. We are family, and we stick together.