My sister is my rock, she is my person. The Christina Yang to my Meredith Grey. The one person that I know no matter what will always be there to pick me up when I fall and can't get back up by myself. She is my Life Alert. But most importantly she is my best friend. And she deserves to know how grateful I am to even be able to say that.

1. She is always there for me, even when she isn't present.

My sister spent six months half way across the world while she was in college. It wasn't until she did that I realized how different the world would be without her. There was no one here to pick on me, or tell me that I was using too much neon blue eye shadow. But even with her being gone she kept in touch. Phone calls and Skype became my favorite things. She was only got for six months, but it felt like a lifetime. That's when I knew that she wasn't just my sister, she was my friend.

2. She isn't afraid to tell me when she thinks a friend is no longer worth my time.

My sister always seems to know before me when a friend has actually become a foe. She has some sort of radar that seems to go off every time a friendship starts to loose its value. And man do I hate to admit it, but most of the time she's right. And even though she warns me, and watches me try to make it work out anyway, I only to come to the same realization later; Se still is there to pick me off the ground after the dust settles.

3. She knows just what to say and do to make me laugh.

Weather it's a Snapchat of her face swapping with the little Asian boy on a pamphlet at work, or her making faces at me from across the dinner table, my sister can always make me laugh. She knows how hard it can be some days to put on a smile, and at least with her you know it won't just be there for show.

4. I can always count on her to tell me the truth.

Don't get me wrong, all siblings have secrets. But my sister and I don't have as many. She is always been one to tell me the truth, rather than just what I want to hear. Even though she knows that sometimes I won't want to hear what she has to tell me. She is the one I counted on for both prom and ball to tell me if the dress really was the one, or if something I was mad at someone about for was really something to be mad over at all.

5. She's always up for a midnight conversation.

Between her odd work hours and my sleeplessness, my sister and I have spent many nights up till three in the morning texting about the most random things. It could be a dream she had that freaked her out in which I was hurt, or if she should take that new job that was giving her the nervous poops, or even me being mad at an old friend for something as tiny as a Snapchat they sent me. But it didn't matter, because there is no time limit on crazy midnight conversations, well unless I have a math test the next morning that is.

6. She will always come get me, even when she says she doesn't want to.

Going to Keuka College, I no longer live a measly twenty minutes away from her. And although the time gap from me to her has jumped dramatically, we haven't let that stop us from getting together. Even though she hated the drive and the amount of gas it takes get there, she always comes to get me when I need her to. I mean, what other person in their right mind would drive a total of three hours twice a week for two weeks?? Ohh, that's right, only a best friend!

7. She will always have my back, as long as I'm in the right.

She is always in my corner when I need her there, well as long as I deserve her there. She's not afraid to tell me when I am in the wrong, in fact I think she enjoys those moments a little too much. But I know that when all is said and done she's always ready to step into battle and take down the enemy without any shame. Heck, sometimes I have to hold her back when she sees or hears something she doesn't like from the other side.

8. I can trust her with anything.

She's the person I go to first, whether its about the tattoos I want or what I'm thinking of getting mom for Christmas. I know that I don't have to worry that she blurt it out to anyone without my say-so. She's the person that I go to when I don't know who else to talk to, and I'm not afraid to ask or tell her anything because I know that it will stay between us.

9. She wasn't afraid to lick me.

A few years back I had a medical scare, my sister being a nurse who had dealt with children with the same illness, was worried I had it. One of the most noted diagnostic tells was extremely salty skin. So what does she do? She pins me to our couch and licks me! And as much as I hated it, at least I knew she cared enough to do it.

10. She's been through it all with me.

She truly has. She was there when I lost my first real best friend. When our dog had to be put to sleep, and I insisted that I had to be there because he would be scared if I wasn't. For Prom and Ball, where we took crazy pictures and she stressed over my makeup because I always made her do it for things like that. When we lost my dad. She was there when I cried, and when I laughed. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Siblings may not be perfect; they may get on your nerves, steal your clothes, and run into your room in the middle of the night because the thunder storm woke them up, but they can become the person you lean on when your world comes crashing down around you. So don't waste the time you have with them, and don't be afraid to lick them when they need it!