Being a kid,
Were the best years of my life
The sweet innocence and naivete of being young
The blissful days
When everyday felt like summer
Waking up to the sweet smell of chocolate chip pancakes
Sitting on the porch with my mom
Watching other people rush through their days

Now I’m in grade school
I’m always with my friends
Worrying about stupid things,
That seemed detrimental to us then
I’m in the fifth grade now
My mom says to me,”I’m pregnant,”
Those words changed my life
I had fallen into a crazy love
With someone who was as small as a grain of rice

I’m in middle school now,
And my baby sister is the best thing in the world
I look forward to coming home to her everyday
She is so little and full of the joy that I once was filled with
She is fascinating, amazing
To watch something learn and grow
Every single day in and out
She just grows bigger and bigger

I am now in high school
It's my freshman year
my sister has become an annoyance
Always taking my clothes and phone,
Always mocking me
She's so impactful but I don't yet know this
It's my sophomore year
I make a STUPID choice
Now the only spoken rule she knows is,
“No drinking until you’re 21.”
Junior year was full of counseling and trying to find myself
By the end of Junior year I figured out who I was supposed to be

It’s Senior year and I live everyday for her
She is the best thing in the world to me once again
It makes me sad though now,
To watch her grow
I don’t want her to lose that joy or innocence
I don’t want her to make the same stupid mistakes
I don’t want her to ever lose herself
She is the definition of perfection

I don’t want to miss a single second of her life
Every moment may not seem important now,
But every moment shapes her future
I want nothing but the best for her
She has taught me so much
She has been there for me
She has held me while I’ve cried while whispering,”It will be okay.”
She is only 7 and she is more of a woman than I’ll ever be
I live everyday trying to be a better person,
A better example,
For Her.