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An Open Letter To My Brothers

From your little sister

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An Open Letter To My Brothers
My Mom

Never did I think the day would come that I would miss you. Did I wish the day would come that I didn’t have to worry about you being around all the time? Yes. Did I wish that you would find a girl and move out and finally leave me alone? Yes. And now that that day is here, I wish it all back.

Growing up, we weren’t the closest. I was your annoying younger sister that wanted your friends and your room and well, your life. I never learned to appreciate you and how much you cared until you met someone else to do it all for. Since you have been in a serious relationship, you have grown so much. You have just begun to read people and get a general idea of their state of mind, and let me tell you, it has definitely worked in your favor. But as happy as I am that you have possibly found someone to share your ups and downs with, sometimes I wish that I had you for a little while longer.

I still need you. I want to be selfish and I want you to stay in on a Saturday night and watch a movie with me. I want you to ask me how I am and spend hours talking about old memories. I want to spend the day getting to know you and for you to get to know me because we won’t always have this forced bond of living together. One day I will get to watch you from afar with your wife and kids. I get to see you grow into a husband and a father and I get to say that I was there and hopefully I helped you get there. But I want you to be able to say the same. I want you to look back and say “Hey, I remember when she didn’t think this would be possible. I am so glad I was there for her.”

I love the person that you have turned out to be. You are kind, and generous, and loving, and I would be so lucky to share my life with someone like that in the future. But until then, I wish that every once in a while all it was, was us. Just a little sister, wanting to be in her big brother’s life, because you make me feel like I am a part of something. You make me feel like I am important in the world that is your life.

So brothers, remember your sisters. And sisters remember your brothers. Because once upon a time, they were all you had.

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