Gracie

I never truly knew what love meant until she was born. It's this special, unbreakable love that exceeds time and death. It's better and more true than a relationship type of love. I know I can always count on her to make me laugh and say silly things. She knows she can always count on me to give her a big hug and yell "Gracie!!!" Every day, multiple times a day, I tell her I love her thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssssss much. It's so cute. She says "Sissy, I love you thiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssssss much." This goes on all day. I have made up songs about her. "I love Gracie, I love Gracie. How bout you? How bout you? Little nanny foo foo. Little nanny foo foo. Boo-boo. Boo-boo." She has so many silly nicknames. Now, she likes to call me a meanie and a banana head. We're always so crazy with each other and I love it. I love her. She is my every reason for being. Anytime I think about how much life sucks I remember that I have an amazing little sister who I know would be devastated if something happened to me. And I would just die knowing that she felt that pain because of me. I have a responsibility to be the best big sister I can be. I will help guide her through life as she travels her own paths and makes her own mistakes. There will be times that she will hate me but I will love her as much as I did the very minute I saw her. That's a lot of love. People will be mean to me, hurt me, use me...but I have at least one person who I know loves me even when I make mistakes. She will tell me it's okay and that she loves me. And I truly believe it. I'm so blessed to have an amazing little person to whom I can wake up and see every morning and kiss goodnight before we go to bed. I feel like I'm supposed to teach her so much, but really she has taught me everything. She's my little Nana forever. I'm really glad that we kept her :)