My Little Sister isn't so "little" anymore....

So today is my little sister's 22nd birthday....

How the heck did she get to be 22?!?! It seems like just yesterday that she was wearing pigtails and Little Mermaid sweatshirts and looking through Bride magazines. (She wanted to be a professional bride, and no I'm not mocking because I wanted to be a Chinese ballerina on ice).

Now she's a senior in college with a serious boyfriend and her own responsibilities. She's an adult. While I feel a certain sense of pride in who she's grown up to be, there's also some fear. The fear if what if she doesn't need her big sister anymore? Now that she's a woman (OMG, she's a WOMAN!, not a little girl) will she still need to call me for advice? Will she still care what I think?

Whether she needs a "big sister" anymore, I am not sure. I do know that she is my best friend and the best sister I could ever want. How did I get so lucky?