Photo Friday: Siblings!
I promised Photo Fridays to ease up on how much you have to read while I blog daily this month, so here’s my ode to siblings. From left, there’s my big sister Marie (mother of a 25-year-old married daughter, a 21-year-old son, and an 18-year-old daughter; my little brother Frank, who’s got the family’s younger set of offspring, with a 3-year-old son and a 9-month-old daughter — who snuck into this sibling photo, the minx!). And me. You know about me already.
We are very different. We are very protective of one another. We joke (well, I joke) that I’m the “link,” since there’s almost 11 years between my sister and brother. Marie and I were just-us-sisters for a long time before Baby Frankie came along, and by the time he got fun to play with, Marie was halfway out of the house, whereas I was around more to boss him around (and teach him everything I knew, ahem). I bridge the memories between them, and isn’t that a cool thing?
My sister said to me at this very party that wasn’t it great that no matter how divergent and physically separate our lives can be, we all know that if one of the other of us were on the other end of the phone and needed something, we’ve got each others’ back, no question.
Tell me about your siblings!
June 8, 2013 @ 10:38 am
That’s sweet! I don’t have siblings, but I have cousins I’m very close to, and I know I can count in them.
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June 8, 2013 @ 11:26 am
You are very lucky! Enjoy the family connections. Thanks for sharing yours. Best Regards, Wendy http://wendybottrell.com 2013 Blogathon
June 8, 2013 @ 4:02 pm
Denise,
I think this post is lovely. My two boys are here because of fertility treatments. The second child was a bigger struggle than the first. When I was going through treatments, one of my close friends commented that I wanted my first boy to have a sibling because I am close with my brother.
Good luck for the rest of the month with the blogathon!
Best,
Alice
June 8, 2013 @ 9:19 pm
This is exactly why I wanted 4-5 kids! I’m an only child and was always so envious of the sibling bond. We have to stop at 2 kiddos, but I’m still so thrilled that my boys have each other! They’re still little, but they ADORE each other and I hope that continues!
You have a lovely family.
June 12, 2013 @ 2:18 pm
I only wish I had a happy story to share. There are some people in the world who are not very nice…and sometimes these people have siblings. Sigh.
Folks who grew up as only children, please understand, just because parents have several children, it doesn’t always translate into the fabulous relationships among them that many siblings share and enjoy.
I don’t blame the 7 year gap between us (I’m younger), I have cousins and know others with that many years between them that are really close and have loving relationships. I heard from those same cousins through the years, “Oh, you’ll see, when you are both in your 30’s/40’s, etc. you’ll be close!”
Nope, not at all. I was shocked that she even showed up to my mom’s funeral, I had not seen her for about 10 years…and so after that I tried, again – because I had tried several times as an adult to connect with her, to establish a relationship with her. And all it taught me was to just leave it be, that some people are just mean (even and especially to those most closely related to them), and that you don’t have to take the abuse and you don’t have to count it as failure either.
And that is why I refer to my sibling as “my mother’s other daughter.” ;o)
Still, even though I haven’t experienced it, I really do enjoy hearing about the loving relationships of siblings!