"A friend is a brother who was once a bother." -Unknown

I'll be honest, as a 14 year-old, I was not excited to become a big sister. However, God knew exactly what I needed even before I did. Words just cannot explain how blessed I am to be called "sissy", or how thankful I am for the fact that I get to come home every weekend and spend time with my little brother, Brody.

Even though he often irks my nerves by bursting in my room just to look at all of my things, or taking too long to get ready, the good still outweighs the bad. He's only five, but this kid gives some semi-good advice. For example, my friend Darby once complained about her acne, and Brody told her to "go get some of that face cream like they have on TV," and it would make her acne go away. Another time, he gave me advice about what I should do about "mean boys". No matter what, I know that just talking to my little brother and hearing some of his crazy stories will always help me have a better day.

I'm also thankful for my little brother because he's ready to try anything. Once, a few friends and I were playing Bean-Boozled and Brody just begged and begged to play even though we told him that the jelly beans didn't all taste good. Luckily, he made it through canned dog food and skunk-spray flavored jelly beans and he still asks me if we can play again. His favorite thing though is probably trying new Snapchat filters out with me; those are definitely always interesting.

Surprisingly though, we have things in common. He loves watching scary movies, eating Chinese food, and being lazy just as much as I do, which is pretty cool. Oh, and I can't leave out the fact he's just as nosy as I am too. I guess you could call him my little best friend because that's exactly what he is.

What I'm most thankful for though, is his random hugs, him making me scoot over in the recliner so he can sit with me, and hearing "sissy will you come watch this movie with me?" Thinking back now, I definitely wouldn't want to have it any other way. Even though there's such a big age difference between my little brother and I, I definitely wouldn't want to be an only child again.

Y'all, my little brother is just simply the best. There's no other way to explain it. Anyone who knows him will tell you that "he's a character alright" as my grandma would say. I'm definitely thankful to be known as Brody's big sister.