When I was little... Me and my sister

Brianna Flaschner, 11

Me and my older sister would watch Saturday morning cartoons And we built forts on Friday nights when we had nothing better to do. She always reminded me of how annoying and small I was, And I guess it was true…

Because when I was little…

I used to be afraid of the dark.

I slept with a star-shaped nightlight in the middle of my room And when it stopped working I ran to my sister’s bed for refuge

However

Now that I am grown...

My sister and I have moved out, and we no longer live in the same home. Going forth to exist in our newly severed lives, And during that time she befriended a kind man and even became his wife

But the most surprising thing I learned from all this time apart

Is that this coming spring the older sister I once knew Will become a mother to a child of her own

Yes, that’s right…

I will have a nephew!