My sister is my absolute best friend. She is the person who knows me down to my core but loves me no matter what. She's given me guidance, love, support, and slight misery throughout my life. But without her, I wouldn't be who I am today.

She is the first person who showed me how to straighten my hair. She is the person who would always make me watch "Bring It On" with her. She is the one who made me want to be a Girl Scout. She is the one who I can't imagine my life without.

When my parents had to work late and it was just the two of us, she was basically my second mom, and she was happy to do it. She taught me how to make chocolate popcorn and how to do laundry. She showed me how important it was to brush my teeth and brush them well. She is the reason who I started shaving my legs in the fourth grade (It's a long story that involves Veet and my tiny 10-year-old brain).

She showed me how to go about life by learning from her mistakes, everything from not having a bonfire at our house with 100 people to not stepping on your hair straightener. But, she was also a hilariously terrible influence on me. I remember that she forced me to go to the other side of our yard far away from the house and she forced me to say cuss words to her and my cousin.

She forced me to be her little servant all the time, which actually made me a better person. Because of her, I can make my own doctors appointments, I can make grilled cheese like nobody's business, and I can order pizza over the phone like a pro.

I never tell my sister how much she means to me, but I think she knows. She's my go-to person to watch stupid movies with. She's my "Big Brother" viewing partner. She's the only person that gets all of my movie quotes. She's the person who worked her butt off for my graduation party. And she's the main person who helped make me into who I am today. I can't wait until I have kids one day and she can help me mess them up and make them into tiny, little weirdos, just like us. I thank God every day for giving me Tricia, and I pray that everyone can have as strong of a bond as we have.