What do you tell people about your sisters? “They’re wonderful. Funny and fun. They’re always there for anything I need. I think they’re my friends more than my sisters.” “When people find out that both my sisters live here they say, ‘You’re SO LU
“The two of us have a lot in common. We can commiserate. And she is the older, wiser one.” “Y’all are in a bad way if I’m the wiser one.”
“I loved my middle spot in the family because I never wanted attention. I felt like SHE got attention because she was the oldest and the first to do everything, and SHE got it because she was the perpetual baby. But I was able to slide through in
Sometimes 3 is a tricky number with siblings… “Well I remember when you wanted to go see movies with us and Mom would say, “You’re just not old enough…If we had KNOWN we were having you we would have had you sooner!” “I don’t remember feeling l
Do you have any sisterly traditions? “I think because we all live in such close proximity and we have similar lifestyles, we are very integrated into each other’s lives. In a lot of ways that’s really good—and when people say our relationships
What about the necklaces—did y’all wear them on purpose today? “It’s funny, people ask me about it all the time. I always say, ‘My sisters and I all have one.’ But the truth is that we all got them in different ways. We didn’t buy them together
So, one of you was adopted…how was that handled in your family? “Our parents were relaxed and open about it, but it was such a non-thing that our mom practically forgot about it…” “Remember…We had just gone to see Annie. I was maybe 6.” “Yeah, and
Anything you’ve learned from each other that you’ve applied to your parenting? “I still go to my older sister often, especially now that two of us have teens. For example, I know that I’m going to overreact on the strict side and she is going t
What’s the best thing about having sisters? “You have friends who only know parts of your life, but my sisters know everything. And everything is unspoken.” “Yep, you nailed it. There’s so much known understanding.” “We have a shared history and
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