to my lil' sis'

A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life.
~Isadora James~

My little sister is celebrating her 17th birthday today. I can't believe how old she is getting. I know, so am I, but eh, she was always little and younger than I am, and now she is getting older and older :( She'll never be my little sister to whom I read stories, with who I played dress up and house, who I shared a room with for 11 years, and when we had to clean our room it took several weekends because we'd end up playing. She'll never be that little sister whom I could tell what to do. She was always there for me, and we often played together.
We are now the only 2 of 5 kids left in our house. It's boring, I must say since we used to have so many of us. But I am very thankful for my sister; in the last couple of years she has become my friend. I have learned to share with her, to appreciate her, to love her, to ask her questions, to answer her questions, to help her when she needs me, to shop with her, encourage her, to help her with her homework and cleaning her room, to curl her hair, to laugh and cry with her, to dance and sing with her, and most of all to be a friend to her.
I love you my dear lil' sis' and hope that we will continue to make many memories, share laughs and cries, have good and bad days, and recover. I pray that you will always be my little sister, and my friend.