Siblings

"We love to hate them but still can’t imagine life without them. They annoy us, basically know all our strengths and weaknesses and are usually our first best friends."

- Unknown 

    (My brother isn't pictured because we live in different states. My fly as hell brother in law is the one in the picture.) 

  I have one sister named Morgan and one brother named Brian. My sister is ten years older than me and my brother is eight years older than me. My brother basically raised me during my childhood years. In my younger years my brother was way more excited to hang out with me than my sister was. In our old house it had a really cool basement in which my brother transformed into his "man cave." I was in the stage where I thought absolutely everything my brother did was cool. I spent a lot of time down in his "man cave" and his weird sense of humor and dorkiness started to rub off on me. I started collecting Pokemon cards at the age of five (not barbies) and it was my most prized posession. I then started to get addicted to his game cube and games like Super Smash Brothers, Kirby, Mario Party I mean really just all of the classics. As the years kept going on he started to get into games like poker and blackjack (at the age of eleven I probably could've been hittin up casinos) and I got really into that. If you haven't been able to tell by now my brother is absolutely a child at heart. Whenever he was in a phase or really into something he liked he would make sure I liked it too. My dad will tell me sometimes that my brother created me and that is why I have a weird teenage boy like sense of humor. Which is true honestly. The times I spent in that man cave have definitely created parts of who I am. My brother has the best sense of humor and ability to make light of situations. I am thankful that my brother pretty much raised me when I was little and implimented such a great sense of humor in me. Yes, my brother raised me during my childhood but he moved away when I was about ten. When he moved away I got super close with my sister. So, my sister then took over the role of my best friend and she has definitely been the one to raise me in my pre-teen and teen years. My brother got my childhood and my sister got the teen years. (I definitely believe that more people than just your parents raise you). My sister became my best friend when my brother moved away and it never faded it has stuck ever since.​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Anyone who has an older sister will know that they are like God given best friends. A couple years after my brother moved away my sister moved away as well. This was actually so devastating for me I was truly heartbroken. "You're going to leave me here alone with mom and dad?!" I was pretty torn up about her move for months. Eventually, my family and I moved so we could be closer to her just in time for when she got married and started a family. The move just implemented our bff bond even more. Regardless, of the whole married and kids thing I am still with her and talking to her all of the time. Her kids and her husband have become like my best friends as well. Her children are two of the lights in my life. I have never really been super into little kids until I met them. (being an aunt has been the closest thing to a parent/child bond that I have thus far.) Just look at how perfect they are. (pictured above). I invade their house at least four times a week, steal all of their snacks, mess with the kids and do just about every annoying thing you can think of but they like it for some reason. Anyways, my sister is basically the best. Watching the way she is with her family and the way she nurtures me as her little sister is so admirable. She is basically like my second my mom. Sometimes I feel like a bad sister because I could mention the slightest thing to her and she will remember it with importance and always offers me advice and help with whatever I need. For example, I had a long day at a work a couple of weeks ago and we were on Facetime and I told her I really wanted tater tots so she immediately started making a dinner that included tater tots so I could go eat at her house when I was off work. She is seriously the best sister ever. It is just simple things like that that she does constantly. I really have to step up my sister game. Basically, I know that I will never be without a damn thing as long as I have her. I hope I can be the spouse and mother that she is one day. The greatest contribution to who I am that I have gotten from my sister is the ability to nurture. Like I said, I never really wanted kids until I met hers and watched the way that she loves them. Seeing how much love she has to give to her family has impacted me immensely. I am very certain that my siblings and myself will be close bffs for as long as we are on earth together. 

      If anyone reading this has siblings I hope this has allowed you to see how awesome it is to have siblings. They are definitely like God given best friends that stick by your side always and keep all of your secrets from your parents. Siblings help shape you, sometimes just as much as your parents do. Appreciate this channel of love always.