Brother of Mine

He is my number one fan, my "Irish twin", my best friend and my inspiration in life. We grew up together glued to the hips. Everything we did revolved around each other. As his sister I am his protector and to him I am his "My Marianna."

Then the day came when we had to part our ways and learn to live independently from each other. For the both of us we each had our struggle getting there. Mine felt more complex realizing my identity was not solely a sister to a sibling with Autism. His was simple yet more traumatic; learning to live independently and at first not really understanding why.