Share your new with your sister and be someone she can come approach to share her own. You can tell your friends and your mom your good news and they will be happy for you, but your sister is a friend and a peer who knows just how far you’ve come in your life. “What’s the good of news if you haven’t a sister to share it?” – James DeVries Your sister is a constant in your life, make sure to treat her with respect. That shared relationship exists until the dusk of time and you both pass from this life. “Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk.” – Susan Scarf MerrellĮven if your sister wasn’t there with you in the first few years of your life, because you were born first, she is part of your story and was there in the beginning.
Susan Scarf Merrell and The Longevity of Siblings We venture to say there that nature does grant it function because of shared DNA, though is it the DNA that grants this strong sisterly love, or is it from growing up with someone for decades? 17. Sisterly love is abstract in the way that the most intense of hatred can exist with the deepest bonds of love. Nature does not grant it any functions” – Ugo Betti “Sisterly love is, of all sentiments, the most abstract. Ugo Betti Touches on the Complexities of Sisterhood When sisters decide to team up and stick up for each other, they are a force to be reckoned with! Your sister might have picked on your endlessly as a child, but chances are that then or in the future she has come to your side when someone else has picked on you. “When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?” – Pam Brown No matter if you have one or ten sisters, make sure you maintain a good relationship with them. If your relationship crumbles with your sister, or if she passes away, then it wouldn’t be so lonely. Having one sister is blessing enough, but if you have more than one, then you are blessed twice over and then some. “I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness” – Emily Dickinson If you need her, then she needs you in some way so make sure you show up. You can relate with each other when dealing with your parents, you can share memories together, and be a source of support to each other. You find that you need their friendship and understanding from time to time. You don’t share the first 18 odd years with someone without a level of intimacy. You need her, as she needs you.” – George R.R. “You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. Your sister can be just the person to listen to you but she will also help you see things that you might not.
Having a sister with whom to share your troubles is one of the benefits of being blessed with such a sibling. “There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.” – Mary Montagu Your sister knows your intimate details and she can always see through you. When you are in the middle of telling a fantastic story and you’ve captured the audience, your sister is the one to chime in to tell them that you tripped and fell, or had spinach in your two front teeth. “A sister smiles when one tells one’s stories – for she knows where the decoration has been added.” – Chris Montaigne Chris Montaigne Knows that Your Sister Knows It’s fascinating to notice the similarities and differences from sibling to sibling. You and your sister are your own individual people with your own interests. You might be able to see some of your parents in each other as well. You can look at your sister and see some of yourself in her, and some of her within you. “A sister is both your mirror – and your opposite.” – Elizabeth Fishel With great power comes great responsibility. Though, you are invited to think about being blessed with the seniority to guide and care for your younger sister. If you are the first born and you have always dreamed of having an older sibling, then you can probably relate to this quote quite well. “The first-born in every family is always dreaming for an imaginary older brother or sister who will look out for them” – Bill Cosby Bill Cosby Relating to First Born Children You can connect in like mindedness and learn from each other’s differences. How are you similar? How are you different? Sharing genes and being raised in a household together means that an intimate relationship is shared between you. Think about looking at your sister as another version of yourself. “A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.” – Toni Morrison