Sentimental

For just over 19 years I have had the greatest little sister. She is everything I have ever wanted to be and has (directly/indirectly) taught me a lot about myself and life. She is someone who listens when I cry; who laughs when I demand attention.

Being eight years older, I was already out of the house by the time she was 10 years old. I pretty much missed her teenage years, which (depending how you look at it) can be a good or bad thing :D As I've grown older I've tried to set a good example for her, as I'm sure I failed miserably at that when I was 18-21. I've given her sound advice about serious issues and hopefully I've taught her a thing or two.

We certainly have been through a lot together. Lots of laughter and tears. Happiness and pain. Love and loss. I never felt that we were particularly close, as some sisters are, but I think a lot of it has to do with the age difference. Like I said, I was already gone before she was even in 6th grade. Though as we've both grown older, we've become as close as I wish we had always been. And so...

When life hands you lemons you make lemonade:

My little sister is moving to Aberdeen.

Okay, so it's not a million miles away. Only about an hour. But still, we've never lived more than 20 minutes away from each other. And that's fact.

I feel like I won't get to see her very often. I'm afraid we will grow apart. I'm afraid I won't be able to help her if/when she needs me. Am I worrying too much? Of course I am. That's what I do. I'm the worrier. She manages to find her pants (she knows what I mean <3) without me.

I have always told myself to keep in touch with people and never take anyone for granted. This is something that I have recently started to get serious about. It is always an on-going process for me because I often become lost in my own little world and serious thought. I am one of the most serious people I know and often that gets the best of me. Sometimes I have forgotten my own rule and it's bitten me in the behind. I cannot let this happen again.

Keep in touch with the outside world and everyone in it.

I'm really going to miss her. I know we'll be talking all the time through various technological outlets, but she will still be an hour away.

"Someone needs a huuug!"

Here's to you, Loolee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzo0iHrivVQ



I love you!