sisterhood

…In my case, it is the relationship I have with my six sisters. Yes, I said SIX – there are a SEVEN of us all from the same mother and father, all raised together, though with a spread of nineteen years between the oldest (me) and the youngest. We have differet perspectives on many  memories.

It is that time of year again when we all come together. People ask, “What do you do when you all get together? What are your plans?”  I laugh. It is simply time together. We laugh, catch up on what is going on in our lives, our children, grandchildren, and then we cook and share meals. We reminisce and offer counsel to one another. We find new threads to attach ourselves to one another and then, we go shopping.

Our sister-weekend this year will be a whole week and we will be sharing this with our uncle and aunt and two cousins. There can’t be anything sweeter than that. We just passed the twenty-five-year mark on the loss of our mother, our father went only five months before her and we have made a concerted effort through these years to be there for one another.

Sisterhood to me is a blessing. I also count it as the greatest gift from our parents to each other. Thank you mom and dad for giving me this wonderful family and for my six sisters who are my best and closest friends in the world.

I encourage you to latch onto your siblings or bring a best friend into the fold of your own “sisterhood” and laugh together this week as I will with my sisters. I will laugh until I roll on the floor and then … oh, depends!