Dear Kena-

My dearest sister, I want to start out by saying that I love you more than words can say. You're more than my sister, you are my friend and you are a darn good friend.

Growing up, I always felt really lonely. You and our other siblings are all so much older than me that it never even seemed like I had a brother and sisters. I always really wished that I would fit in with you guys and that someday we would be close. It took a while because of the age difference, but now we are and I think it's amazing. In fact, I wouldn't want it the other way at all. I wouldn't want to be close growing up and then distant as adults. I would much rather have you as a friend now that I am an adult than as a playmate as a child. I'm glad that things worked out the way that they did.

In the past several years, I have watched you evolve as a person. You said goodbye to a marriage, your children have grown up, and you had to make changes and start to focus on yourself when you hadn't for a very long time. That's a difficult process. It's especially difficult for someone who grew up too fast and took on too much responsibility too soon in life. As a part of that process, I've seen you do things that I know you are not proud of and you have made some choices that you know I didn't like. I've always been honest with you, I haven't held back. I tell you when I think you are making a mistake because I think that that's what you do when you really care for someone.

I want you to know that I am proud of you, even when I think you are making mistakes. I want you to know that I think that the journey that you are on is amazing and I know that you will emerge victorious. I think that having to discover and find yourself in your mid-thirties is probably ridiculously hard and I commend you for not being afraid to do it. I'll love you no matter where this journey takes you, even when I may not like what you're doing.

Love,
Molly