{"id":10366,"date":"2016-03-11T11:33:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T16:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=10366"},"modified":"2016-03-11T11:33:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T16:33:10","slug":"10366","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/11\/10366\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Forever Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes a person comes into your life that you quickly learn you could not live without. \u00a0A person who is there for you no matter what, thick or thin. \u00a0Who stands by you always and accepts you as you are, flaws and all. \u00a0Someone who gives you unconditional love without question, doubt or expectations of anything in return. \u00a0Someone who makes your life more sunny and beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>I could easily be talking about my husband because he is all of these things, but I&#8217;m actually talking about someone I&#8217;ve known much longer. \u00a0Someone who I have known literally my entire life: my big sister.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10372 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/baby-sister.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1416\" height=\"1284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/baby-sister.jpg 1416w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/baby-sister-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/baby-sister-600x544.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/baby-sister-276x250.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/baby-sister-768x696.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/baby-sister-1024x929.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/baby-sister-1000x907.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1416px) 100vw, 1416px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To be truthful, we haven&#8217;t always gotten along. \u00a0She regularly abandoned me during play when we were young and our high school years were tough. \u00a0But family has always been super important to both of us and all the fighting in the would never changed our love for each other.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1993-FL-Pool.jpg\" alt=\"1993 FL Pool\" width=\"570\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1993-FL-Pool.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1993-FL-Pool-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1993-FL-Pool-390x231.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She is a lot of the reason I am me and she is all the reason I have my four beautiful children. \u00a0I know what it is to have an amazing sibling, I know how wonderful it is to grow up with that forever friend. \u00a0I know how a sibling is like no other person in ones\u00a0life. \u00a0(All things my only-child husband has trouble understanding). \u00a0And if I couldn&#8217;t ever give my children anything else in the world, giving them that would be enough.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1991-Christmas-Ballet.jpg\" alt=\"1991 Christmas Ballet\" width=\"673\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1991-Christmas-Ballet.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1991-Christmas-Ballet-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1991-Christmas-Ballet-600x541.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1991-Christmas-Ballet-277x250.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/>She is my original best friend. \u00a0My closest confidant. \u00a0One of the only people I can make cry without her holding a grudge (and unfortunately I have a knack for it and it happens more than I&#8217;d like). \u00a0She has taught me more than she will ever know about life but is never afraid to learn from her little sister, either.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sister-wedding.jpg\" alt=\"sister wedding\" width=\"1597\" height=\"1724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sister-wedding.jpg 1597w, 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src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/surrounded-osu.jpg\" alt=\"surrounded osu\" width=\"396\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/surrounded-osu.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/surrounded-osu-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/surrounded-osu-332x250.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I really, truly, without question could not have asked for a better person to grow up with and I can&#8217;t wait to grow old together too! \u00a0(Is that too cheesy?)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sisters.jpg\" alt=\"sisters\" width=\"574\" height=\"649\" 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