The day my life was ruined...

On this day 21 years ago my life was ruined. Okay okay not really, but on that day I did get my very first little brother. I don't remember that day or the year before it, but I know that because of that day my life will never be the same. Today is my brother's birthday.

Mac changed my life. He is literally one of my favorite people in the world. And while I feel a bond with each of my brothers and each one is differently wonderful. I feel a bond with him that I don't feel with anyone else. He is my brother. We fight, we annoy each other, we are completely different but at the end of the day he will always be my brother. We are the Originals ;)

It is a funny thing having a sibling so close in age. He kicked this only child princess off her throne or at least he tried. Almost every memory I have of my childhood involves him. True my parents are also a part of those memories but they were seeing everything from a different perspective than us. My parents remember how things really were and we remember how we perceived them. From the chore chart, to getting Perdita, to MaMa's saggy arms, and our days at home with Dad... No one else will ever remember it like we do. 

He might be pretty okay... but Mac knows how to drive me crazier than anyone else... just like a brother should, I guess. He has mastered pushing my buttons and pissing me off. He has always had a thing for annoying me by stealing my friends. When we were little Courtney use to come over and Mac would get her to come in his room to play Nintendo 64 and leave me in my room all by myself. It use to make me so mad!! Little did I know that this was going to be a lifelong problem. He has moved from stealing my friend to stealing my boyfriend. 

And onto the boyfriend. Mac and Anthony have become best friends. While this annoys me to death it also makes me just a little happy but we don't have to tell him that. It brings me joy to see these two very important men boys in my life be so close. I love that they love each other. Family is so important to me and I am so very happy that these boys hope to be family and get along so well. And I love that he has picked such a wonderful girlfriend. I not only love Mac but I have grown to love Taylor and I am happy he found her. And I can't wait to see where we all end up, I hope it is anywhere together (like the Fracharm or as I call it the Franch)

There are too many stories I could tell. Like the time he drew a man's private parts on a note card and stuck it in front of this red stopping light thing in the back of my first car... SO little did I know, every time I was stopping the people behind me were getting flashed by a bright red R-rated light!! or the time I ran over a car in his truck haha. Or when we were lost forever on the way to the rental house from Disney World. Having granny kick me off the couch so mac could stretch out and watch whatever he wanted on the tv. Family vacations, being in the same apologetics class in high school, long car rides, secrets, gaining two brothers, little fights, big fights, too many things to mention. We could write a book.

So today is Mac's birthday and even though things have changed, we have grown and for now moved away from each other... I will always be thankful for this day because it gave me him. I am so proud of the man he is becoming and for the chance to be his big sister. So tonight I will toast to one of the best mistakes my parents ever made... Mac Swann.

Happy 21st Birthday Little Brother!
I love you.
Thanks for ruining changing my life.