Cherish Every moment you have with your siblings

Cherish every moment you have with your siblings

Many teenagers don't like to hang out with their siblings. I know that I didn't want to hangout with my older brother because I thought he was weird. But today, I would literally give anything to hang out with him. I took for granted seeing him everyday, I would see him when I came home from school, then just go to my room and close the door. I wouldn't go in his room and talk to him, I would barely ever talk to him. That was until I found out he was leaving. I remember when he told me he had joined the Army. I thought he was joking, I kinda put the thought in the back of my mind. It didn't really hit me that he was actually leaving until the day that he got on the bus to go to MEPS. I remember waking up that morning to the house being silent. I walked in his room and he was standing there over his bed packing his clothes. I told myself, "Oh it's fine, he's just going to one of his friends houses." I did this so I wouldn't cry. We got to the recruitment office and they told us to say our goodbyes, that is when I lost it. I hugged him and he said "It's gonna be okay". Well when someone tells me that it is gonna be okay and that I shouldn't cry, I tend to cry more. I just nodded and told him that he better come back home. He looked at me and said, ¨I would never leave you¨. The bus driver then said it was time to go. We said our goodbyes and he got on the bus. When the bus doors closed, I began to think ¨what if this is the last time I see him?¨. We ended up going to Charlotte to see him and spend time with him that night, before he shipped out to Oklahoma. We went to the MEPS center and watched him as he loaded the bus again, but to go to the airport this time. I didn see my brother for 3 months after that. That was the hardest 3 months I have ever had. He wrote letters to us, and we wrote letters to him. But it was not the same as him being here talking to me. I wish I could just bring him home forever and that he would never leave again. That is why you should Cherish every moment you have with your siblings. You never know, in the blink of an eye they could be halfway across the country.