Salute to Your Brothers and Sisters

Today is Brothers and Sisters Day, a day to cherish your siblings. Sure, there are times when you love your brothers and sisters. And, there are times when you act like you don’t know them! All in all, having a brothers and sisters is invaluable. The older you get, the more you learn to appreciate them.

In reading about this holiday, they encouraged people to: 

1) Reach out by touching them in some way: Ya know, I was the baby of the family with two older brothers.  They were mischievous and typical boys.  I got enough touching, uh beating on, picking on, and harassing when I was little.   Seems the baby’s lot in life is to serve as a human punching bag!

 2) Send a card or place a phone call is appropriate for those who are separated by too many miles:  My brothers and I have always been separated by miles.  Since we grew up with parents who made it apparent that we were on your own at 18, we rarely lived close to each other as our careers took us to place all over the US.  But we would always get back together for holidays.  It was so much fun.  And, isn’t it weird how we go right back into our birth order behavior when we get back together?  I am still the baby – at 58 years old!

 3)  A visit, or sharing a meal together, is a great way to enjoy this special day:  We do get to see each other more often than in previous years as we all live in NC now.  We will meet and giggle and make fun of each other just like we have for all these years. Some things never change.

A big salute to Brothers and Sisters everywhere.  Enjoy them!