"Sometimes Being a Sister is Even Better Than Being a Superhero"

This week I got the honor of spending some quality time with my younger brother.  I say honor because I find my brother to be very special to me and not like anyone else in this entire world.  Events such as these always hold a particular place in my heart.  There is nothing more heart warming than the time spent with family and to know how happy you make someone and how happy they make you in return.  My little brother and I have had our share of sibling battles over the years but have both come out winners as we both consider one another our best friend.

"Gi, I want to celebrate my birthday in a mosh pit!" - Joey Liberatore

As an early birthday present (His birthday is actually October 6), I decided to buy tickets to a concert where Joey's favorite band "Of Mice & Men," were going to be playing along with the headliner, "August Burns Red," which he also loves.  I happen to be a fan to so I jumped right on the opportunity to get us tickets to the show.  Now, mind you the bands are heavy metal and I knew it was going to be quite the experience but I was ready for it and I knew how excited he was going to be to go to it.  As by request, Joey wanted to stand right up front and on the rail, so we did... and it was awesome!!  The look on his face even just when the bands were warming up made me smile and realize how happy he was to be there.  Of Mice & Men begin to play and my "future husband" (as Joey calls him) Austin Carlile, comes out on stage to sing and scream.  The crowd begins to surf over the rails, start circle pits and Joey and I mind our own and just sing a long or...completely rock out if you will. :)  It was a blast and an event I am so glad I was able to share with none other than my brother.
                                                          Austin Carlile - Of Mice & Men

     
                                                                    August Burns Red

These are the moments that stick with me and I reflect on and realize how wonderful it truly is to be a big sister.  To me, it really is an empowering as well as honorable feeling.  I take care and look out for him and as he is getting older he sure has been building his brotherly protective fortress around me.  He has seen me at my best and happiest as well as my lowest where I feel stuck.  He has been one to always have hold of my hand and pull me up and through difficult times as needed.  We share more inside jokes with each other than probably anyone I know and we have the ability to hold an entire conversation via movie quotes...I confide in him and trust his advice and words of wisdom.    

"Sometimes being a sister is even better than being a superhero."

Sometimes I feel like he is more of a superhero to me than I am to him.  I can only hope to be as much of an inspiration and important factor in his life as he is in mine.