Big Sister

Being a grown-up has a multitude of drawbacks. There are bills to pay…mortgages to worry about…hassles with insurance companies…having to get up and go to work when you’d really rather stay in bed and sleep…coming up with a new and interesting idea for dinner for the three thousandth time you cook it…401k’s…and so on and so on.

Of course there are benefits too. We may have to pay a mortgage, but that also means we have our very own house. And while I worry about, well, all sorts of stuff, because that’s the kind of person I am, I also get to live the life I want. I’ll take the responsibilities that go with that. But absolute the best part of being an adult so far is finally getting to a point where I can say to my just-finished-college-and-started-his first-job little brother, “Why don't I pay for a ticket so you can fly home for Christmas?"

What could be better?