All Right With the Relation

All Right With the Relation
“Oh, you're Charlie's sister?” “No,Charlie's my brother.” For as long as I can remember,this has been a recurring conversation starter among my peers.I’m only 20 months older than Charlie, so we run in similar social circles.He is joyous, untroubled, and effortlessly good with people I am none of those things. “Charlie's sister” used to
remind me of the qualities I lacked,until Charlie enrolled in boarding school.Missing him,I realized: How lucky am I to be the sister of the most likable person I know?
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-Lily Bernstein