Narrative Essay On My Sister By Mara Corpen

The other day, I happened to come across a quote from Sara Corpening, questioning, “How do people make it through life without a sister?” As I began to think about it, I realized that I’ve always had a sister. My sister, Tara, was nine years old the day I was born. Therefore, she has always been there. I have yet to live a day without her in my life and hopefully, I never have to experience that. Typically, siblings grow up hating each other and always arguing. That was not the case for my sister and I. With us being nine years apart, we hardly argued. However, when she left for college, we weren’t as close anymore. As a ten-year-old, I slowly began to lose hope on our sisterhood. If someone was to ask any of our friends or family about Tara …show more content…
She gave birth to my nephew, Harrison, about a year and a half ago. I love him more than anything. When I get to see him, he immediately brightens my day. Shortly after his first birthday, Tara got a little surprise. On Mother’s Day, her boyfriend at the time, proposed to her; of course, she said yes. I have never been happier for her. Tara and her fiance, Jeremy, decided on a destination wedding. Therefore, they agreed on having only one person by their side. Jeremy immediately chose his best friend that lives in California. I was really hoping that I would have the honor of being Tara’s Maid of Honor. However, I wasn’t sure because I thought she would choose her best friend as well. Tara and I aren’t as close as we used to be; she’s been busy with motherhood and me with high school. Plus, the Maid of Honor is supposed to plan the Bachelorette Party and that’s hard to do being underage. Despite everything I worried about, Tara asked me to be her Maid of Honor, a couple months ago. I was immensely surprised, but even more thrilled. I was delighted to accept her proposal to have the honor of standing next to her on her big