I couldn’t tell you what changed. My sister and I as children never liked each other. Call it extreme differences or sibling rivalry, but two peas in a pod we were not. As children we had the luxury of having great parents. Transferring their love of traveling onto us they dragged their bundles of joy to places like Alaska and Kauai. After an unfortunate incident that landed me in the hospital, my parents tried to revive my spirit by taking a family trip to Hawaii. Feeling much closer to my sister in the developing years we booked several Hawaiian excursions together. The first excursion involved the ocean, diving masks and for lack of a better word, hope. Petrified of sharks it wasn’t until I was in my life jacket in the middle of the ocean that resolution to conquer this fear cracked! I saw a fast coming shadow and quickly screamed a stream of bubbles, thinking surly Jaws himself was coming for me. My sister in a snap reaction grabs my hand, putting it on her lifejacket strap and takes off in a tidal wave of water for the boat. Swimming hard fast strokes. 300 bulldozers couldn’t stop her. We reached the boat. She scrambled up the flimsy ladder, dragging me by my hair, lifejacket and any available limbs within reach. I land on the boat deck with a hard thump, shaded by her hovering shadow. She screams, “What was it, what was it!” so hard that her hair shakes as if standing in front of a wind machine. I sputter, “I don’t know I just saw a shadow and freaked.” Completely forgetting the scuba instructor whom was currently on snack duty. We turned to the sound of someone clearing his throat. Getting our attention he says. “Girls were at turtle cove.” My sister lets out a hysterical laugh. Laughing until her tears of relief and joy mix with the drying saltwater on her face. The more she laughs the more I laugh, joining in her absolute relief an embarrassment. I finally choke out the words, “Aw you do love me.” We both peered over the boat at 20 and 22 years old and in the murky sea, I saw both of our reflections as children. It was then that I realized what changed. Us. You never understand what you didn’t have until you have it. My sister, my best friend is who I would love to share this amazing travel experience with! We share not only a love for each other but also an absolute admiration and love of travel.