Family+Influence

There are quite a few moments when a family member has said something to me, or done something that made it stick it out in my head. The biggest thing that changed my life having to do with my family is when my brother was diagnosed with cancer. My brother and I have always had a certain connection, but yet there has always been a wedge between us as well. I was eleven when he was diagnosed and I never really understood then, but I knew that there was a chance that I would lose my brother. When he was thirteen my brother moved in with my mom, and left me and my sister with my dad. I always held that against him, feeling that he left and stopped coming because of me. We got a lot closer after he entered remission, since then he is most certainly one of my best friends and my other half. I have lived in my brother’s shadow since I can remember because he is the best at everything, and better looking. It’s kind of hard living day by day knowing that he is better than me but at the same time I never would have wished on him what he experienced. He is my brother, best friend, other half, and I love him.
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