Sisters

No one can make me laugh like my sisters.  It's gotta be because of shared experiences like: singing Bill Grogan's Goat in the back of the Suburban on summer road trips to Arizona, hauling wet carpet out of the basement after the sprinklers flooded the basement, and water skiing trips to Rocky Point Beach. But also because of our common love of chocolate, our common dislike (hate is such an ugly word) of our "Simmons" thighs (read- muscular thighs), and singing Do-Da-Do together a few too many times.  But I laugh more when I'm around my sisters than with anyone else.

Because we share common interests (our families, music and staying in shape) and struggles (we love sweets too much, and our thighs love them too.) we can laugh and cry together about them.  But sometimes jealousy and pride rear their ugly heads and I wonder why one sister is blessed with such a positive personality and so much MONEY!  Or another sister can eat candy bars every day and it doesn't show on her figure.    

Truth be told, I have not gotten along with Sister 2 EVER in my life - til about 1-2 years ago.  We are such opposite personalities, that we just never seemed to click.  Everything was fun and games to her, everything was serious to me.  Reading was dumb to her, reading was life to me!  Sister 3 was the mediator between us.  She could bring us together.  It's not that we literally fought, but boy we bugged the heck out of each other just being who we were, what we laughed at, what was important to us, etc.  I could tell by the snide little comments she would sometimes make (that perhaps she thought I didn't hear).  And we were grown adults with our own children!!

But in the last few years, Sister #2 and I have finally found a commonality that has drawn us closer: our trials.  We needed to connect with someone who knew us well, yet our mediator was too busy with her own life.  So we started calling each other.   Struggles I have been through in my life helped prepare me to reach out to her in her struggles.  It's been good for both of us.  We're still polar opposites, but life has softened the edges a bit.  So the laughing continues!