Random #4(Family)--Meredith Elliott

Although I have an older sister, most of the time I feel as if I am an only child. Unlike me, my sister doesn’t feel the need to talk to my family and come home on occasion. Ever since she graduated high school, she hasn’t lived at home for more than Christmas break where she was kicked out of her dorm room for the holidays. My sister and I get along, but I’m a very up front person around her because I feel she needs to be told she is in the wrong. Some people might agree with her, but I think she is a tad bit on the crazy side.
After my sister graduated college, she moved to Australia where she is currently living. She always said she wanted to travel abroad before she settles down with her life, but her living there makes me scared that she will never come back. I don’t really understand how a person can graduate from a good school with a 4-year degree and then move to Australia and work a job that has nothing to do with your major. She and I have always been very different people. Honestly, it’s hard to think that we came from the same parents because we are like night and day.
I value my family and the time I am able to spend with my family. I go home very often, sometimes too often and there is nothing I would rather do then just hang out at my house in the comfort of my own home. It really frustrates me when my sister fails to even call my grandparents and parents on their birthdays. I don’t understand how her life is busy to the point where she can’t find the time to pick up a phone and call them. Although I know my sister appreciates my family somewhere deep down, I just wish she would show a little bit more emotion and gratefulness towards them.