Open Letter To My Sister

Dear Sister,

You have been my best friend, my role model, my enemy, my savior, and most importantly my strength. I never know the best way for me to show you all the love and thanks you deserve and hopefully this will allow me to finally do so.

Starting from the beginning, you have always been the person I aspire to be, and hope to become. I know you don’t always see yourself as a perfect person, but I do. You have taught me I am more perfect through my imperfections than not. You have taught me that through hard work and perseverance I can achieve anything I desire. You have taught me how to let my imagination run free and create what I feel. You have taught me that it is okay for me to fall down and get back up. You have taught me how to stand up for myself and knowing when to ask for help when I don’t have enough strength for myself. You have taught me to walk the path less traveled. You have taught me that some days you just need to sing Disney songs at the top of your lungs and dancing around the house just because.

You have seen me in my lowest lows, and refused to let me feel alone through it all. You have seen me at my worst pain and showed me the strength within myself to get through it. You have seen others push me down and tear me down and stood up to protect me like my own personal hero.

You have shown me what love is. You have shown me what it means for me to accept and love myself, and share that love with others. You have shown me I deserve all that the world has to offer and then some. You have been there through the hospital visits, couch/bedridden days, doctors visits, etc. holding my hand through it all.

I want to be all that for you, and I hope I am. You have spoiled me by being by my side for 21 years of my life and you’re finally living your dream across the country in Washington D.C. I wish you nothing but the best, and I know you will become irreplaceable to those you meet, making it difficult for you to want to come back home to me. I’ll be happy as long as we always visit each other, FaceTime so much I almost get sick of it, and most importantly as long as what you’re doing there makes you happy.

I love you more than words or actions could express. You are a piece of me; you are my soul sister.

Cross my heart,

Sarah Bear