if someone inspires you & always has...

i remember being young & i remember wearing your football jersey with "kendall" on the back, i had the coolest older brother & i regarded that as fact. but i no longer wear your jersey, i no longer attend middle school, but given the opportunity to wear it, i'd still probably that think i was cool. you have succeeded in so many things and yet you are so humble in your success, and you've given t...he world so much because you have always given your best. i remember you as a teenager, but now i can only see you as a man, and through your journey i have remained inspired, i have always been your fan. i may not tell you a lot, but when i do - i hope you know i mean it, you have taught me to chase after what you want, & not just sit and dream it. you are quiet in your character, but that speaks louder than any obnoxious person i have met, & you may be shy in your presence, but it is one no one can forget. you possess passion & drive, you have since your youth, and you never changed who you were, you've always stayed true to your truth. i am proud to be your sister & i am proud to call you my brother, & through everything and anything, i would never ask for another. you will continue to touch the lives of your students, and anyone else's company you shall find, because not everyone has a brother like you & i am so glad that you are mine. happy birthday d, may today be perfect and may it bring happy celebration, you are forever my big bro & forever my inspiration. i hope your day is special & that you have countless birthdays left, & may it be just like you, something impossible to forget. no longer are we children, no we are not the little kids we used to be, but the inspiration you've embedded in my childhood, lives on in the adult in me. in a world where things go wrong, i rest assured the world has done one thing right, YOU were born into it, and today, we celebrate your life.