You go through your entire life meeting different people and making friends along the way. You get the option to choose who you want to hang out with, who you want to have sleepovers with, and who you let stay by your side forever. Having a sibling, however, is the complete opposite. You don't get to choose who they are, you live with them for at least a fourth of your life, and ultimately they are your sibling regardless of if you want them to be. There is one thing that you can choose, which I did. And that was having my sister as my best friend.

She knows me better than anyone else.

Who knows every pet peeve, food allergy, favorite color, and bad life choice more than your sister?She is there for me whenever I need to chat, knows exactly what to say when I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place, and knows what I love and hate in life. She has gotten me through some of the biggest events in my life and has continued to stay by my side regardless because we share a bond that cannot be broken. I swear, sometimes we even think the exact same thoughts sometimes. If I didn't have my sister there for me as a best friend, I honestly do not think I would have become who I am today.

We share EVERYTHING.

If one of us doesn't own it, the other one does. Whether it's sharing clothes, beauty products, or even friends; hardly anything is off limits to your sister (except guys of course). When you grow up with a sister less than two years apart from you, it's kind of hard not to want to use each other's things. Although we have not always been the best when it comes to sharing, by becoming closer as we get older, we have learned that having each other for even small things like a dress can make a friendship so much stronger.

We can't go a day without talking to each other.

I kid you not, if we don't at least FaceTime or text each other daily, something is seriously wrong. Having your sister as a best friend, you have to tell each other every single detail that went on each day or else you feel like you're missing out on their entire life. Whether it's just a short talk to tell them that we're thinking about them, or whether it's an hour phone call over what went down last night when they went out, the conversations are endless.

My point is this: my sister will forever be my best friend because she is that one person in my life who knows me better than I know myself. I look up to her and she looks up to me. She's a shoulder to cry on when I'm having trouble with guys, a shopping partner when I'm in desperate need of a new wardrobe, and a forever best friend for the rest of my life.