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There's not an official “Sister’s Day” but girl, there should be. This past weekend, I spent a few days with…
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There's not an official “Sister’s Day” but girl, there should be. This past weekend, I spent a few days with…
Continue ReadingTo my firstborn, I’m sorry you’ve been put on the back burner. We’ve had the best four years together, me…
Continue ReadingTo my children . . . There is something so special about a brother-sister bond. It is one of the…
Continue ReadingHow does one mend fences when the intended recipient is too stubborn to make peace? Is it OK to admit…
Continue ReadingWhen your sibling dies, you will experience gut-punch grief. When your sibling dies, you will see your parents cry like…
Continue ReadingI fall into the bed in the guest room at 3 a.m., utterly exhausted from managing the various wakeups of…
Continue ReadingMy childhood and teen years were scarred by a terrible injustice, or so I thought at the time. It seemed…
Continue ReadingI know you have your own life to live—full of responsibilities and stresses. You have peer relationships to nurture, homework…
Continue ReadingSisters, we don't have to be best friends. I still love you both. When I was five years old, sisters,…
Continue ReadingOne day I was at the store buying a new cell phone, trying to wrap up the transaction as the…
Continue ReadingI haven't seen my brother in nine years. We last stood together on a rocky outcropping overlooking Horseshoe Park. Balancing…
Continue ReadingLet's cut to the chase: we are a family of seven. That means we have five, count 'em five (head-counts…
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