While I enjoy sometimes being the only girl of 3 children, often growing up I wanted my own sister. My brothers didn't want to play with my barbies, or dress up in my dresses and plastic heels. But while I may not have biological sisters, I'm lucky enough to call 2 girls in my life my sisters. When my oldest brother Aidan was entering kindergarten, my mom came across another mom. Jennifer, whose son was also named Aidan and started kindergarten. There started the birth of a friendship. My mom went along to have my second brother Liam while Jennifer went on to have Johanna. My older sister. Then came me. Then at last came Olivia. Johanna is a little over a year older than me, but we're separated by 2 grades. Johanna is a go-getter. She knows what she stands for, and what she wants, even though it may take a minute for her to figure it out. She's funny, smart, and an amazing dancer, and sometimes a klutz. But I love her for it. Olivia is a little less than 2 years younger than me. She is also funny, smart, and she's athletic unlike Johanna and me. Olivia sees the best in all, and will always be there to help.
I don't remember my first memory of the 3 of us, but I can tell you this... at times I was a mean kid. When going to pick up my brother from school after everyone got out we would play on the playground and walk home. A little 4 year old me used to make Johanna cry. Why? I couldn't tell you and I don't even remember what it was about. I remember being so excited when Olivia was going to be entering our elementary school. We grew up all 3 of us, basically attached at the hip. We were constantly at each other's houses, at the beach, or on the playground. We played countless games growing up as children, for instance we made up a game where you would have to crawl on all fours with your eyes closed, and try to find someone while also acting crazy by singing and speaking gibberish. We would go to the grocery store and speak in a made up language in the hopes to freak someone out, we never did. Growing up we loved the show iCarly, I even somehow ended up with a fake remote that was supposed to resemble the one on the show. But Johanna and I were mean, and we still to this day ask Olivia how she put up with us. Johanna and I would act like it was our show as if we were putting videos up on YouTube. Olivia was always our special guest. I know we were assholes.
Our tradition with our moms every year was to go into the city and visit the American Girl Doll store. Every time we would bring our dolls, get their hair done, and shop for them. Olivia buying her first "big girl doll" was a very big day for us all. We loved going to the American Girl Doll store cafe, where dolls were given seats, and we enjoyed our chocolate mousse flowerpot. We're lucky enough to have gotten to see the Rockettes a few times, and even saw Hairspray on Broadway. Hairspray, Mamma Mia, High School Musical were our favorite movies growing up. We still listen to the albums to this day. Just recently Johanna and I got our licenses, on the same day. Nope it wasn't planned but it's not surprising to us that it would happen. It wasn't until just the other day that I decided to write this post. It was Johanna, Olivia, and I in the car, we were laughing our asses off through the McDonalds drive through, and screaming the lyrics to Dancing Queen. During those moments, I thought to myself, I am beyond lucky to have Johanna and Olivia in my life. I never call Johanna or Olivia my best friend; it just doesn't feel right to me. We share basically everything together. They have seen me at my absolute worst and vice versa. I only discussed a few memories that we share together. If I were to share all of it we would need a book. If anyone in this world was to know me like the back of their hand it would be the two of them.
Though we may be close in age we all are in different places in our lives, but that never changes our relationship. The reasoning for this post is I wanted to share that just because you may not have a blood brother or sister, doesn't mean you don't have one. You will meet people in your life that are not just friends, but family. They'll be the ones that will hug you as you cry, scream in excitement for picking what college you're going to, or are just there at just the right moment. When you find those people in your life, hold them close to you and your heart. Now I'm not saying the 3 of us have the perfect relationship, we do fight with each other, and get upset. But, I wouldn't trade a moment together, the good, bad, and ugly. I'm extremely lucky to have 2 sisters by choice.
"They say nothing lasts forever; dreams change, trends come and go, but friendships never go out of style."-Carrie Bradshaw
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