Stolen sweatshirts, fighting over who gets the remote, cute coffee shop outings and endless amounts of sarcasm, there is nothing quite like spending quality time with your sister.
If you have a sibling, then you can understand where I’m coming from when I say that you can both dislike a person but love them at the same time. How is it that we can go from fighting until we are both red in the face to sharing a milkshake and watching “Friends” the next moment? I guess there is nothing quite like sibling love.
I think it’s because there is just this mutual understanding that you and your sibling have that you will always be there for each other (someone queue the “Friends” intro). It’s a loyalty like no other. When you have a healthy relationship with your sibling, I think it could possibly be the most important relationship you’ll ever have.
Sometimes, I don’t like my sister very much, but I always love her. She is just like me: stubborn, annoying and chronically independent. I think that’s why we butt heads so much. It’s like sometimes I want to smack her in the face, but if someone ever tried to hurt her, I would seek vengeance like no other. Anyone else get me?
My sister is my best friend first and my partner in crime. She gets me like no one else because, let’s face it, she has known me the longest. Throughout our lives, we have friends that come and go; our parents leave us too soon, and our spouse arrives so late, but our siblings are by our side throughout our entire lives. They are the biggest chapter in our stories.
There truly is nothing like being with your brother or sister. When you are together, it is almost like you transcend time. You leave reality behind and nothing in the world matters except for being in the moment. All worries fade into oblivion, and there is this overwhelming joy and sense of completeness, especially when it’s been weeks since you saw them last and you finally get to reunite. They just bring out the best in everything, whether we want to admit it or not.
“Some research indicates that having a sibling in adulthood helps alleviate depression and anxiety,” said a review in Psychology Today. “People are altogether happier when they have positive sibling relationships.”
Hear that big sis? We can actually help each other with overcoming anxiety. Oh, and by the way, I totally did not steal any of your fries. I’m not sure why there are any missing, actually that’s really silly…please don’t hit me.
In all sincerity, I don’t know where I would be without my sister. Despite a sibling’s power to infiltrate a fury within you like no one else can (seriously what is up with that?), they are the longest-lasting relationship most of us may ever have. There may be others who help shape us to be who we are, but no one else knows us from beginning to end like a sibling will. No one knows me like my sister. No one is as fun as my sister. No one makes me laugh like my sister. No one takes care of me like my sister. There is no one like my sister. She’s my partner.
Through the years, we have watched each other change into the people we are and have yet to become. As the younger sibling, I have watched my sister transcend into my favorite person. I have watched her while we were just kids jumping around on the trampoline all the way to this
past weekend when I watched her walk down the aisle. You may grow apart for a while. You may go through different things. You may live totally separate lives, but you always have each other.
I think it’s safe to say that if you pick up the phone to call your brother or sister, whether you need something or are just calling because you miss them, please just don’t forget that they really are always there for you because I know first hand that it’s true. Casey, I’ll always be there for you because you’ve always been there for me too.
