My VIPs for this week are siblings in general and my siblings in particular. My parents have twelve children, and I am the eighth child – four boys and eight girls. My siblings range from fifteen years older than me to nine years younger. We were good friends as children and youth, and we are still good friends. I love each of my siblings.
Five of
my siblings have passed to the next life, so I look forward to the time when we
can be together again. As a mother, one of my dearest hopes is that my children
will be good friends and will be great support to each other.
One
thing that I noticed in my family of origin as well as my family of choice is
that two children can grow up in the same house with the same parents and have
the same opportunities. Yet, each child will see each experience through their
own set of lenses.
While talking
with my siblings about different things that happened in our younger years, I am
amazed at how they saw events because I saw them in completely diverse ways. It
is good to be able to discuss happy as well as difficult experiences with
someone who loves us unconditionally.
In her
article published at msn.com, Kelsey Borresen shared thirty-five conversation-starting
questions that can help to strengthen the bond between siblings. Here are five
of those questions.
1. What
would you change, if anything, about our experience growing up?
2. What do you admire most about Mom and/or Dad?
3. In
what ways did Mom or Dad let you down?
4. What’s
something you wish you could have told me when we were kids? Why didn’t you
tell me then?
5. How
could I have been a better sibling to you when we were growing up?
You can find Borresen’s other questions at this site.
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