Dear Sister That Lives Far Away,

I want to begin by telling you that I miss you every single day.

I think about each hard situation I have encountered and I think about if things would be easier if you were here with me. Growing up you were always right beside me, and now that we are older we have gone our separate ways. I want you to know that I am proud of you, whether I am there to say it or not.

I only get to see you a few times a year, and when I do, we always count down the days.

I will make sure to text you the morning either you or I are on our way to see one another to check in and let you know I am excited to see you. Then the next six hours of playing the waiting game until you arrive and I can bombard you with hugs. I used to have to call dibs on being the first one to hug you, I'd nearly knock everyone over in my path to get to you first. The excitement of seeing you is what made waiting months to see you worth it.

Even though you are so far away, I always have you at my fingertips.

I can send you a text and you'll (almost) always reply. Sometimes when we FaceTime, it lasts seconds. Other days it lasts hours. The more I've grown the more I realized that it doesn't matter how long we talk or how often, whenever I need you you're right there for me and I am here for you. If we don't speak for a few weeks and I need someone to talk to, you're the first person I go to.

When we were younger I always wanted to look like you, and you found that annoying.

Now, we purposely buy the same shirt so we can match whenever we go out places. This is the biggest perk when you visit, I barely have to plan my outfit. We talk to one another about what colors we are going to wear that day so we can coordinate outfits, or we just happen to be wearing something similar to each other without planning, we've always understood each other like that despite our fashion to be on different ends of the style spectrum.

Even though I miss you like crazy, I am so incredibly happy to have you as my sister.

I would rather have you as my sister and be 300 miles away than to have someone else be my sister and be within a 5 mile radius of me. You're the best sister anyone could've asked for, and maybe someday we will live by one another. As for today, I guess FaceTime and period visits are going to have to do.

Love you more than anything,

Your Long Distance Sister