Breaking Through the Barriers

I don't know how this is even possible, but since I've been away at college, I've gotten even closer with my younger sister, Emily.  I've talked about Em before.  She's the twelve year old, and she's just a coooool breeze.  

We are SO different it's borderline questionable that we're related.  Here are some examples:

1) Emily is extremely into her physical appearance.  She does her hair every morning, her clothes always match perfectly from head to toe (even socks sometimes).  Her nails also need to be repainted like, every 5 minutes.

2) She's EXTREMELY athletic, something I seem to be lacking in.  I mean, it's pretty bad when your 12 year-old sister can beat you in a field hockey game, and she's only been playing for a few weeks....

3) She hates Taylor Swift.. I just don't understand how that's possible.

But despite of the reasons that we are so different, it's so awesome that she's finally getting to an age where I can relate to her.  I mean, I remember the middle school days like it was yesterday.  She has a lot of the same teachers that were teaching at Lakeside when I was there, so I can give her all the tips and tricks :)  

Plus, we both really like listening to Ke$ha, which is a bonding experience in itself.

AND we both get really annoyed by sitting in the house all day, so she usually comes with me on midnight taco bell runs, or things like that.

Through our mini bonding experiences, I really feel like I can finally with confidence say that my little sister loves me and we are friends.  She used to be like, this creature that I just didn't understand.... it's such a beautiful things when little sisters transform into real people :')  I'm just so thankful that I'm getting the opportunity to share my  experiences and mini life lessons or a middle school, soon to be high school survival guide :)  It's so great that we can finally relate, hopefully it can stay this way for a long time.... no one makes a better friend than a sister.