La mia sorella

Recently I got an email from my sis. Just in case you think it's an elder sister that I'm receiving it from just 'cause emails are so old-school, you're wrong. In fact, my sister is a lot younger than I am. She was telling my stories after stories about what's going on in her school right now, mainly about friendship issues. 

In one of her replies she actually said this. "You know that time when you were still in Malaysia and I asked you why whenever we cross the road you would stand at the side of the oncoming cars? And you said because you have lived longer than me so I should get the chance to live longer. But I think that it should be the other way round. Just because you have lived longer, you have already accomplished so much. Just ending your life that way would be such a waste. As for me, I haven't really accomplished much yet, so even if I were to get hurt, it wouldn't matter much, I wouldn't lose much. You've already started towards your dreams, but I'm still studying. You already know where you want to be heading to, but I don't. So it really should be me standing at the side of the oncoming traffic." 

8 years gap. Imagine that coming out from a primary school kid. I couldn't hold back my tears. I went speechless. I have only been gone for two months and that kid has grown so much. She was so blessed to have two elder siblings watch over her and guide her into life. If I were her, I would proudly say that I am the luckiest kid on earth. However, she had to experience what it is like having both her elder siblings leave home at such a tender age. She had nobody her age to turn to at home. 

Since young, my sister has been extremely caring. No matter how sad she was, she wouldn't want anyone else to be sad like her. She would try her best to cheer you up when you're down or write you notes of encouragement to make you feel better. Even when her friends betrayed her, she wouldn't even think of taking revenge. Instead, she would stay loyal and still willingly be by their side when they needed it most, despite whatever ill treatments she get. 

It is such a blessing to witness her growing day by day. You'd think that I taught her a lot for her to get to where she is today, but I would say it's more like it's the other way round. I just pray that she keeps growing in faith and be the woman God wants her to be in future.