Hello, welcome to my blog! I wanted to start this blog to try and reach out to others who may be going through things similar as I am, to know that everything will be okay! I am a sister of two Marines and those two Marines are my entire world. I looked up to both of them way before they decided to take this wonderful journey to protect our country.
When my first brother mentioned he wanted to join, I remembered praying that God will show him a different path. The thing was, he didn’t back down, he was determined to become a Marine. October 23rd, 2017, he left for bootcamp. My whole household went to meet him at the airport to see him one last time until those 13 weeks were over. The second he was out of my sight, I broke down in tears. All I was thinking was “I wont see half my world for 13 weeks. I don’t know how to function without him.” Yes, I stilled had my other brother (my partner in crime as I would say), but when half of your world is gone, what would you do?
Now, I knew he would be back, but thirteen weeks seemed like forever. My way of life completely changed. My attitude, everything. My friends noticed a difference. I went from a girl that would talk and be happy and laugh at her own jokes, to a girl that sat a distance from everyone with her headphones in her ears and trying to block out the world around her. I really didn’t know how much he impacted my life until he went to Parris Island. Many times, I would forget he wasn’t home and I would get so excited to tell him a story. Then, it would hit me all at once that he was going through intense training. But let me tell you a secret, it got better. Those thirteen weeks flew by and I got to hug my brother again. And just like that, I felt whole again. My whole world was one again. I cried many tears, hugged him like never before. 
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