She stands 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 95 pounds, and has short, blonde hair and blue eyes. I see my older sister Amanda. Others see a model of perfection. Don't get me wrong, my sister and I are close and have been since birth. My mother has kept pictures of us ranging from the time we went Trick - or - Treating with each other to Amanda's graduation. For seventeen years, we've shared every life experience imaginable, …showed first 75 words of 543 total…

…showed last 75 words of 543 total…success. Her departure for college gave me the opportunity to live up to my own standards instead of hers. I was fifteen 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. In a way, she toughened me up both intellectually and emotionally. What started out as a burden in my life ended up defining it.