Posted by Pamela Lynn on December 3, 2001, at 16:23:40
In reply to siblings, posted by sar on December 3, 2001, at 14:33:32
I am lucky, in that even when I was a recluse and didn't want to even talk on the phone to my brothers and sisters, they still stood beside me.
One morning I went out to get the mail (during my deepest, darkest time of depression) and there was a bunch of fresh flowers from my sister just sitting outside my door..and a card that said "When you are ready to talk, I will be here..."
My one brother and I are the closest and he went out of his way to make sure he called me everyday I was in the hospital (this last time), whether I wanted to talk or not...he would call, just to let me know he WAS thinking about me.
I have excellent parents as well-am truly blessed, especially with what I have put my family through with my depression/borderline personality disorder---alot of people would have just given up I think, but they all stood firm and as strong as they could for me.
I thank the Powers That Be for my family!
P.L.
> i used to be somewhat puzzled that my mother very rarely communicated with her 6 brothers and sisters.
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> recently, my sister and i have come to a conlusion to stop communicating with each other, and so have my brother and i (i am the middle child).
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> at this age, i find it disheartening to see these breaks...yet i like myself (wow!) more than i like them; i'm just envious of all the siblings i see hanging out together...afterall, my brother is only a year younger than i am, and i wish i could get him to ome out of his shell and come hang...but my drinking and "bipolarity" scare him, he can't deal with me, and i suppose i can't deal with is square ideals and quietness, it just scares me that i can relate to neither...
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> how is your relationship with your siblings?
poster:Pamela Lynn
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