I’m blessed in many ways when it comes to family. As I grow older, I come to realize more and more one of the specific ways I’m blessed, in that my job as "big brother" to my two sisters has been so fucking easy. I’m not saying that I expect older siblings to, like, get violent or something in defending younger siblings, but there’s a certain sense of responsibility that you’re supposed to look out for them, ya know?
But I really haven’t had to do any of that because both of my sisters are pretty chill. The younger of the two is more outwardly chill—she does the whole new age hippie thing, giving the proverbial peace sign in her Facebook photos from various Woodstock-y music festivals, etc. The older of the two, only one year my junior, and the one that got married today, is more low-key chill. Her coolness manifests more in that she seemingly lets any hardship in her life roll off her back with a little chuckle. If she ever tells me a story about something shitty that happened to her (her crazy-ass dogs ran away again, for example), she always tells the tale with a smirk and in good spirits.
So there really hasn’t been a time in my life when I had to worry about my sisters’ well-being, because I kinda new that they are both strong enough to handle pretty much anything on their own. I admire them and look up to them for that.
Congrats, sis.
Love,
Joey
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