My leukemia's back.

[N F C]

I know you all have probably heard me say this before, but I think we learn more from our siblings than we do from anyone else. We keep secrets for each other, so we learn to be trustworthy. We get into arguments and have to make peace, so we learn compromise. We bounce ideas (good and bad) off each other. We learn to rely on each other while learning that the people we love the most sometimes still need their own space. We have to share - rooms, toys, clothes, our parents’ attention - which teaches kindness and patience. A sibling relationship is actually like a little mini-civilization, and we take what we’ve learned from each other and apply it to dealing with co-workers, employers, educators, and friendships. Respect, humor, resolving conflict, support in good times and in bad - we learned them all from each other.

I cherish my sisters and brother. From childhood on, they’ve been the people I share inside jokes with. They’re the first people I call when something wonderful has happened, when I need a shoulder to cry on, and when I think I need sympathy but actually need a good kick in the hiney. They call me for the same reasons. Nothing between us has changed over the years and through the years of separation.

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Linda and me

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Me holding brother Ron, Lori in front, Linda behind her. Bev wasn’t born yet.

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Trying to get our annual sibling photo takes a long time. It takes a lot like these to get one decent one! L to R - Bev, Ron, me, Lori, Linda

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What we ended up with - finally.

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It took 25 photos like this…..


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….to get one like this.

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This was the last time we had such a blast trying to get our sibling photo….3 weeks later Linda was gone.

Wonderful photos Blooie, you all look like you had such fun taking them

 

[Blooie]

We always did. It was a zoo every time we wanted that annual photo. Ken and I haven’t been back home since June of 2019. I miss them all so much.

Lori and her hubby Steve are coming out this summer. Ron and Linda’s hubby Russ are hoping to come with them. It will be the first time since Jamie’s high school graduation in 2007 that anyone’s been out for a vacation. Back then we had a houseful - Linda and Russ, Ron, Bev, Lori and Steve, nephew Brett and his girlfriend, and Jamie’s stepdad and stepmom, Little Diane and her half sister Trinity . We put some up in Motel 5 1/2, some in my sewing camper, and some in a local hotel. Now we have a house with a guest room and 2 hidabeds, plus plenty of elbow room. From day one we’ve called the guest room “Lori and Steve’s room”. We’re more than ready for some more good times!

 

[N F C]

We always did. It was a zoo every time we wanted that annual photo. Ken and I haven’t been back home since June of 2019. I miss them all so much.

Lori and her hubby Steve are coming out this summer. Ron and Linda’s hubby Russ are hoping to come with them. It will be the first time since Jamie’s high school graduation in 2007 that anyone’s been out for a vacation. Back then we had a houseful - Linda and Russ, Ron, Bev, Lori and Steve, nephew Brett and his girlfriend, and Jamie’s stepdad and stepmom, Little Diane and her half sister Trinity . We put some up in Motel 5 1/2, some in my sewing camper, and some in a local hotel. Now we have a house with a guest room and 2 hidabeds, plus plenty of elbow room. From day one we’ve called the guest room “Lori and Steve’s room”. We’re more than ready for some more good times!

That's something to look forward to! Your new big house is going to get a work out

 

[Alaskan]

I lost my 51 year old sister in November. She doctored for 2 years and she never got an accurate diagnosis of what was wrong with her. She died in her sleep as her heart finally gave out. I think there was doctor negligence. She was my Irish twin.
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. So sorry for your loss! 51 is way too young!

Adorable photo.

This is one of my favorite pictures of my little sister and me (I'm on the left and she is on the right). We were all dressed up for Easter.

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She was my best friend and my earliest memory (I was 2 when she was born). She passed in 2001 and it's the kind of loss you never get over. But how lucky I was to have had her in my life.

It must have been wonderful to have such a relationship... but yes, such a loss...

 

[Cynthia12]

We always did. It was a zoo every time we wanted that annual photo. Ken and I haven’t been back home since June of 2019. I miss them all so much.

Lori and her hubby Steve are coming out this summer. Ron and Linda’s hubby Russ are hoping to come with them. It will be the first time since Jamie’s high school graduation in 2007 that anyone’s been out for a vacation. Back then we had a houseful - Linda and Russ, Ron, Bev, Lori and Steve, nephew Brett and his girlfriend, and Jamie’s stepdad and stepmom, Little Diane and her half sister Trinity . We put some up in Motel 5 1/2, some in my sewing camper, and some in a local hotel. Now we have a house with a guest room and 2 hidabeds, plus plenty of elbow room. From day one we’ve called the guest room “Lori and Steve’s room”. We’re more than ready for some more good times!

It's so fun to read your excitement for your new place. Cute! You will enjoy having that extra space for sure! Get lots and lots of photos!

 

[DigMyChicks]

This is one of my favorite pictures of my little sister and me (I'm on the left and she is on the right). We were all dressed up for Easter.

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She was my best friend and my earliest memory (I was 2 when she was born). She passed in 2001 and it's the kind of loss you never get over. But how lucky I was to have had her in my life.

Precious picture Debby

 

[DigMyChicks]

Old photos make me cry, but they are so nice to have. Hope you get some of your sister's DMC.

You brought tears to my eyes with yours. I hope I get some of them too. I found a few in an album here that I forgot about.

I'm so so sorry!

Thanks Cynthia! Her life was much too short

@DigMyChicks, I am so deeply sorry for your loss. It’s so hard to get through, I know.

@N F C , that’s an adorable picture!! You‘re both so beautiful!

Thanks Blooie! It’s still pretty fresh. I feel sorry for her boys. Their dad is not there for them and hasn’t been for several years. He abandoned them when my sister divorced him.

. So sorry for your loss! 51 is way too young!

Adorable photo.

It must have been wonderful to have such a relationship... but yes, such a loss...

Thank you!

 

[Blooie]

Needing some prayers for my Little Diane tonight. She’s scheduled for a couple of biopsies tomorrow. She found a couple of lumps in her breasts and under her arms. They did mammograms and ultrasounds, and this was the radiology report:

She’s only 27, but she’s still older than I was when I had cervical cancer and older than her mom was when she had uterine and ovarian cancer, then her double mastectomy 6 years later.
She’s scared. So am I. Pray!

 

[Cynthia12]

Needing some prayers for my Little Diane tonight. She’s scheduled for a couple of biopsies tomorrow. She found a couple of lumps in her breasts and under her arms. They did mammograms and ultrasounds, and this was the radiology report:

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She’s only 27, but she’s still older than I was when I had cervical cancer and older than her mom was when she had uterine and ovarian cancer, then her double mastectomy 6 years later.
She’s scared. So am I. Pray!

Praying! I just had my mammogram. They've been watching a small lump in my right breast. We're doing the mammogram more often..this time..no lump! Whew. Mammograms are life savers. Praying hers caught this in due time!

 

[DigMyChicks]

Needing some prayers for my Little Diane tonight. She’s scheduled for a couple of biopsies tomorrow. She found a couple of lumps in her breasts and under her arms. They did mammograms and ultrasounds, and this was the radiology report:

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She’s only 27, but she’s still older than I was when I had cervical cancer and older than her mom was when she had uterine and ovarian cancer, then her double mastectomy 6 years later.
She’s scared. So am I. Pray!

Praying for her Blooie. That last sentence doesn’t sound so good.