Sisters

I am the oldest sister of 3. My sisters, with whom I adore, drive me crazy sometimes. I am sure I do the same to them at times. They are probably the only people on the planet that when we have enough of one another, we know to 'stay away' until it is safe to come back. We are soooo different from one another.....it's amazing that we share the same mother. My mother, is a story for another blog--so I am not going to go 'into the Mom' thing here.

The middle sister is book smart, incredibly knowledgable of all things technical, yet has no people skills. This is something she readily admits.

The youngest sister is/was spoiled by my parents (she was the baby after all), she could do no wrong, she was given a lot and still expects to receive alot, from anyone. Incredibly greedy, doesn't think too much about anyone but herself. So essentially, she is a young adult woman still acting like the baby in the family.

However, recent family strife has shifted all of our roles as daughters to our aging parents. My one sister lives next door to my parents and is the one my parents count on the most.
I am the 'take care of everything legal' daughter. My middle sister is the 'the one that will be there the fastest to help with anything daughter'. The youngest is the 'too caught up in her own life to help' daughter.

Now, to be fair, the youngest is going through a divorce. She has ventured out on her own, as she tells it 'after we all let her down'. So she is stepping very gently into the single dating world, something I don't think she fully got to enjoy prior to her marriage. She's an interesting person to watch and listen to. That is, if you can take all the drama and honey, there is drama. Sometimes I want to hear it, but most of the time, I do not. She is dramatic and lovely. That is all I can say about her. Sadly, she has 3 children caught in the middle. God Bless them all.

The middle sister has 2 children and she is lovely as well. I think she is finally coming around to the fact that she needs to take care of herself and love herself before she can love anyone else.

That little phrase "love yourself before loving others' was something that was told to me many moons ago...but I am still grasping that concept. Yes, you must love yourself before you can love anything else...including people. I sure wish I had known that before I married at 20 (but that's for another blog).

Sisters, they are your blood, your water, they are your lifeline..literally...and I'd be no where without them. We have all learned so much from one another, really. Drama and all...I'd have it no other way.