Dear little sis,

Even if you don't want to admit it, I know that the house is different without me. I'm not coming home everyday from school 10 minutes after school lets out because the traffic is so bad. I can't be in the living room and ask you to watch TV or a movie with me (even though you could never decide on a movie to watch). The only way we can fight over who should win this week's challenge on Project Runway is through texting, while you're watching the episode on our TV at home and I'm streaming it from my laptop.

I text you almost all day, everyday just to tell you how my day is going and ask about what's going on at home. I know I'm not there to play with the dogs with you or help you with your English homework, but I'm always here for you and I'm always going to be your sister. Even though you joke about me not wanting to come home and even though you say that the dogs don't miss me, I know that deep down, you (and the dogs) love and miss me. I love and miss you too, even though you tell me that you don't love or miss me. I know you're just messing with me because that's how you express yourself.

I think that me being here at college has made us even closer. I guess they say that distance can be good, right? We were never best friends growing up and I thought you were annoying most of the time. You ripped the heads and limbs off of my barbies, and you never wanted to take pictures with me. We are so different, and like different things, but we are still sisters (I WILL get you into musical theatre if it's the last thing I do!). I guess I didn't understand how someone that is related to me could be so different. I realize now that we do have more in common than just our parents, like our love of horror movies, our dogs, Scream Queens, Stranger Things, Halsey, and crime documentaries. Hopefully you're starting to love books, like I always have!

Now, I feel like we have the close kind of sisterhood that we didn't really have growing up. I can truly appreciate you as my sister, and not someone who just lives in the same house with the same parents that I have. I know I can always text you when I see something that reminds me of you, or I can get you to send me pictures of the dogs. I know that no matter what, you are just a text away.

I just want to let you know that even though I'm not at home, you can always talk to me about anything. You are so smart (sometimes I think smarter than I am), funny, and determined. Even though I want you to like a lot of the stuff I like, it's okay that you don''t because you are so special and I couldn't be prouder to be your big sister. I will always be your sister and your best friend no matter what, and I can't wait to spend time with you when I come home!

Love always,

Your big sister at college