Personal Narrative: Siblings

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We argue, we bicker, we fight, we rarely get along, but through all that, we still love each other and have each others backs. I’ve been stuck with my brother Adam for the past 17 years, and not much has changed about either of us in those years. We’ve gone through everything together and have helped each other through everything that we have gone through, good and bad, I watched him break up with many girlfriends and tried to help him, and I watched him graduate from high school and go to college. The family journey and having older siblings can be challenging, but in the end you learn that when everyone else ditches you and leaves you, you’ve always got your family. As far back as I can remember, I’ve had to deal with my brother and all

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