Things Only Sisters Understand

For the next few months my sister is going to be in Florida.  I thought that I’d take this time to make a blog post inspired by her, so here it is.

• When one of us is gone, and the other one secretly feels like a piece of them is gone.

• No matter how much it pains us to say it, (most of the time) our sisters are our best friends.

• When we mess up and do something stupid, sure, sisters will be the first to make fun of us, but they’ll also be the ones to help us fix whatever we did.

• Whether we broke something or screwed up on the guy front, our sisters will always be the first ones we ask for help from.

• When we need help putting together outfits, or we need to borrow clothes, our sisters are our go-to solution.

• One of us always has to be right. It doesn’t matter if we have the same main point, or are arguing about two separate things, one of us is ALWAYS right.

• No matter how much you fight or annoy each other, she’ll always be your best friend, and you’d do anything for her.

• That feeling when we’re sick, and our sister drops everything, so she can take care of us.

• That feeling when you’re together and you both just feel untouchable, like you’re the coolest people ever.

 

Now, I know that these things are different for everyone, and some people aren’t so close to their sisters, or feel the same way towards other siblings, but this is what I’ve experienced with my sister.

Be Like Brit and my Haiti trip

Recently, I received news that this May I’m going to get to do something I always dreamed of, I’m going to Haiti. When my sister decided this is what she wanted to do for her senior project, she invited me to go with her.  This has been something I’ve always wanted to do, but never thought I’d get to, the main reason being that my mom has always been weary of letting us go.

This means a lot to me because I’ve been big into community service for as long as I can remember. I really got into it when I started at Worcester Academy. I got into community service because I was noticing how different my school community was to the surrounding neighbourhoods, and how naive a lot of the students were being.

My sister, my mom and I are going to be travelling to Haiti with the “Be Like Brit” foundation in May. The “Be like Brit” foundation’s goals are to help orphans in Haiti. It was started for Britney Gengel, a nineteen year old girl who died in an earthquake, in 2010. The foundation was started by her parents, to complete Britney’s last wish; to open an orphanage. I’m incredibly excited and fortunate to be getting this opportunity to help.