I was wandering around on Pinterest and found 50 Things I Want For My Little Sister and tried to find something similar but towards brothers. I'm not the best at putting things into words, so I frequently just use other peoples perfect words. In this case, I couldn't just copy paste something that was already written, so that left me to come up with my own words. Some of these things did come from the aforementioned list, but some of it is my own. Love you Little Brother.
50 Things I Want For My Little Brother
1. Opportunities to step outside his comfort zone (like I know he's doing right now)
2. Nights of laughing so hard he can't breathe
3. A few friends that accept and love him for who he is
4. Mentors to learn and take inspiration from
5. Patience to undergo life's setbacks
6. Determination to turn those setbacks into motivation
7. People to comfort him when I'm not there
8. Late nights
9. Big dreams
10. Emotionally riveting experiences
11. The strength to stand by his convictions
12. The bravery to overcome the fears and reservations that life will throw at him
13. The chance to help others and to touch the lives of the people in the world that need it the most
14. A few lucky ladies that will respect him, be honest with him, and make him smile
15. Moments when he feels invincible
16. Night swims
17. Playing music that fills his soul, and rattles his senses, and to hear the crowd cheering his name
18. Kisses that make time stop
19. A career that he loves
20. The ability to see how powerful he is
21. And the humility to not abuse that power
22. The understanding that he will ALWAYS have family to fall back on
23. To always stand up for himself
24. To truly know what makes a woman beautiful, and to look past her exterior
25. Lots of good food
26. Memories that will sustain him and last a lifetime
27. To live in a city that he falls in love with and doesn't want to leave
28. A safe home to retreat to when the world gets too rough
29. The ability to move on when a few idiots break his heart
30. The bravery to not shut his feelings off, even after being hurt
31. Enough cold days to appreciate the sunny
32. The free time to continue loving his guitar
33. People that he knows he can rely on and call any time, day or night
34. The wisdom to understand a greater purpose in life
35. To know to take life one day at a time, and enjoy everything this world has to offer
36. Let him see the beauty of the earth in the stars and oceans, and breathe thanks to its Creator
37. Immeasurable moments of pride that he can have in himself and his accomplishments
38. The faith to be able to sustain any religion he chooses, that will give him a sense of purpose and pride
39. People that will constantly challenge him to learn, grow, and expand his ways of thinking
40. Secular learning that leaves him hungering for more
41. May he never fear failure, for how else will he grow? To be open to new experiences, even though failure may seem inevitable
42. A woman that he can fall in love with, that pushes him to be the best man possible
43. And the same woman who lets him know it's just as OK to be strong as it is to be soft
44. A woman who will be as devoted to him as I know he will be to her. Someone that can share the ups and downs of life with. Who will love him forever and accept him at his best and worse. One that will laugh with him, and comfort him when he struggles as a man and husband, and will always forgive him.
45. Children that have his blue eyes, and gigantic heart. May they understand how lucky they are to have such an incredible person for a father and role model.
46. The family adventures, triumphs, and let downs. To always learning and growing together as a family. To the music lessons, late night video games, and new sports teams. All the snapped guitar strings, baseball gloves, earplugs that come with drum sets, and ballet slippers.
47. Family traditions, both new and continued. The birthdays, Halloween, Christmas, and 4th of Julys.
48. May his children love each other as much as I love him (and our other brothers). May they know the heart consuming, never ending love of a sibling. To watch his babies fight and scream at each other, but always come back together with unconditional forgiving. To know that he'll rarely have to stand up for his children, because they'll do it for each other. Let him watch the relationship between his children, and be reminded of ours.
49. Let him be respected for his choice to serve his country, freely and without obligation. May he be celebrated for protecting our freedom. Always let him be protected while he's away from home, and let him feel the strength and love of his family. Let others express their gratitude and appreciation for him, that he might know his choice wasn't in vain.
50. That he knows of my eternal love for him. May he always know that I will be there for him forever. That I will celebrate with him, laugh with him, and cry with him. That I will brag about my brother, hero, and Airman to anyone that will listen. I will dance with him at his wedding, eat pizza on the floor of his new home, and love his wife like a sister. I will hold his babies in my arms like I held him, and cry at the wonder that is my new niece or nephew. I will always babysit for him so he can have time with the mother of his children, and support him in any way I can. I will teach my children about their amazing uncle, and always have my daughters picked up for their dates at his house while he's cleaning his guns.
That is what I wish for my Little Brother.
