How odd.

[jan_andrea]

Was just leafing through my little sister's entries. It occurs to me there's a lot I don't know about my siblings, even though I think we're closer than most sibs are. It looks like she and Eryk are very close, but it was a lot like that when we were kids, too. Robyn and Eryk played together much more than I played alone with either one of them. I think it was probably because I was put in the Guardian role when our mom went back to work -- we were "latchkey" kids then, and I was the one who was supposed to be responsible for stuff like putting dinner in the oven and making sure no one died. So I think in a lot of ways I lost out on play. But then, both of them have always been more creative than me, so their games often were more imaginative than I could manage. Even now, they can both just make up stories out of thin air to tell, where I just draw a blank. Makes me jealous :)

And now that I've got kids, there's that, too. I can't just run off and join them on an adventure (though once the wee ones are older, I bet that would be fun). And since my husband and firstborn are very allergic to cats, I can't usually go with them to visit our parents (who both have lots of cats), so I miss out on that bonding, too. Even though we all live within 15 miles of each other -- Robyn and I within 3.3 miles of each other -- we only see each other maybe twice a month. Sure, it's more than our mother sees her siblings, or our father sees his, or even David sees his, but they were never terribly close anyway. Sometimes I wish I had the freedom to just jump in the car and go like they do, but of course I love my children (it still feels strange to type that!), even if they make things a little more restrictive.

But anyway, I hope this medium can draw us all together, even more than we are now.

Comments

[ounceofreason.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but we all still love you just the same. :) And I don't think you're the uncreative one - I don't think we have one of those! What about that duet you wrote for Roby and Brian's wedding? Naah, if anything, you're the reserved one - She Who Holds Back Now And Again - but we all do that, ja? I feel bad that you were left in charge so much, having to be responsible instead of getting to be silly, but it's never too late. :)

Anyway, as soon as little Sophie is weened, you and Roby and I will rent some silly movies, and all get hammered. Nothing brings siblings together like booze!