So recently I have been getting along with my younger sister. She is seven years younger than me and my only sibling. Thus I had seven glorious years as a single and spoiled child only to have it all ripped away by a screaming brat. (I don't feel this way anymore, I swear!) My sister was a very sick little girl, looking back it makes me sad that I didn't really understand how important all the doctors, specialist, hospital visits, mom staying up all night with her and then sleeping all day were. I didn't care about her, I wanted my life back. (She ended up having several food allergies that we, and the doctors, were unaware of and apparently no one thought to check for. Chocolate, caffeine, wheat, gluten, refined sugar, replacement artificial sugar, citrus, highly acidic foods. She basically eats chicken and veggies. No tomatoes.) When I reached the age of no longer caring about any of the issues (approximately 14 years old) She was seven and wanted to do everything I did. WTF. Um last time I checked you were seven, yes count it up, seven years younger than me, so that would be a NO. What? Mom said you could?!?! Soooooo not fair! I have moved on from bitter exploits of my sisters life. We have grown closer over the last year or so. She is a human. Like a little adult that I actually get along with. We are friends. We read the same books and then discuss them. I'm the cool older sister with her own house to all her friends. We go out to the movies together. She comes to me with boy troubles. She asks my advice on fashion. She shares her secrets and dreams with me. I love it. I wish I would have appreciated my sister more growing up, but then again I might now appreciate what I have now so much. Who knows. All I know is I love my sister. To all the moms who worry about their kids hating each other and throwing punches over the remote. Give it time, they will understand. And to everyone that has siblings, appreciated the gift you have been given, it's a built in best friend. And to anyone that has estranged siblings that you still as adults don't get along with, nobody said you have to like em, just love em.
"Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life."
~Charles M. Schulz
2 comments:
it is great that you and your sister are growing closer. I do have to say I envy that kind of relationship as I do not have that with any of my sisters. I get along with one, never met one (but we talk), but can't stand the other two.
Since God didn't give me great sisters...he gave me great friends....
I hope you and your sister continue to stay close and are there for each other for the rest of time
My relationship with my sister is actually pretty similar. We're 8 years apart. She's pretty awesome now, but there was a stretch before she got into Junior High that she was pretty much unbearable. Seriously.
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