Emerging from the Shadow

She stands a staggering 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighs a massive 95 pounds, and has short, brown hair and brown eyes. I see my older sister Leslie. Others see a model of perfection. Don't get me wrong, my sister and I are close and have been inseparable since birth. My mother has kept pictures of us ranging from the time we shared a playpen as babies to just recently at Leslie's graduation. For seventeen years, we've shared …

…years old…I had just started my life. I could easily say that I will always resent my sister for everything she has put me through, but I won't. If it weren't for her, I probably would not have had the revelation that I did that one fall evening. In a way, she toughened me up both intellectually and emotionally. What started out as a burden in my life ended up defining it. Word Count: 632