My Big Brother

I know its been awhile since I've written, but basically my life is school right now and nothing has really inspired me to write. But in the past week or so I've had the chance to talk to my brother more than I usually do and through those conversations, I've been reminded of how much I love my brother. When we were growing up, we had some classic fights and got in trouble a lot for stupid bickering that siblings often engage in. As we got older, the fights got fewer and farther between and I think that especially now, when we don't get to see each other nearly as much as we used to, we've learned to enjoy the time we do have. Sometimes I forget how blessed I am to have a big brother who I not only love because he's my brother, but who I also enjoy spending time with. Not all siblings have that and I am so glad that he's my big brother! His interests do not necessarily interest me, but I still love hearing about what he does and telling all my friends and the people I meet that my brother is an engineer :)
One thing that we do agree on is music and movies. Well, mostly...he doesn't like the rom-coms that I do, but we do both enjoy a good action flick and I think half of the concerts I've been to in my entire life have been with Daniel. Now that we're both "in our twenties" (although I still feel like a junior-higher most of the time and he seems much older than me, even though the difference between us isn't even four years), we have a lot more in common than we ever have before. We can talk about how school is going for me, and I can empathize with him wanting to find a job that he loves and finding somewhere to settle down and find some sort of routine. I didn't realize this new commonality until recently, and I haven't even really told him about this realization, but it is nice to know that (for the most part, when he's not working), I have someone to talk to who is trying to process some of the same things I am. Its funny to think that just a few short years ago, we were fighting and sitting in my mom's car as punishment for that almost constant fighting. While we do have our disagreements (mostly involving music selection when we're driving somewhere), I love him, he's my big brother, and I am a very lucky to be his little sister!