What’s Your Version

Is a sister someone who loves you unconditionally no matter how much you screw your life up? Someone who is always supportive and actively tries to help you. She has your back when you most need it. She’ll dig deep down in the trenches by your side. Or sit in a jail cell beside you. 

She sees your pain and suffering and reaches out to help. She doesn’t turn the other cheek. She isn’t embarrassed by you. She sees your faults and looks past them. Her blood is your blood. You are one and the same. She seeks your guidance and loves your understanding. She knows inherently if you need her. 

She is a part of your soul and all of your heart. She smiles and gets you in the worst situations. She has your back and doesn’t lie to your front. 

Sisterhood, the balance of power. Shoulder to shoulder we get through the worst of times, reach the finish line and continue on through the best times. She is your bread and butter, your moral code, and the person you’d miss the most if she were no longer there.

She’s naughty, she’s nice, she’s all these things tied up together in one big bow. Her laughter is contagious, her joy is untethered. She can be miles away but close to your heart. 

An Unbroken Bond

Sisterhood. A bond that shouldn’t ever be broken. It may stretch and bend but never break. If broken, all hope is lost. Skies are dark and brooding, the sun stays hidden behind the clouds. The moon is forever. The earth ceases to exist. Lost forever, adrift with no compass to guide us. Turbulent years followed by remorseful sorrow. 

They say women with sisters are better equipped to deal with the stress of the world. They have higher self-esteem and less anxiety. Maybe from sibling rivalry at a young age. The above photo is my sister Tammy. Isn't she beautiful. The youngest in the family, with youth on her side. She retains her looks. Unfiltered and unedited.

Sisters, they bounce ideas off one another’s back. You are never alone if you have a sister. She is your partner in crime, your alibi when you are in trouble. She’s the one who will tell you, you’re acting like a damn fool if she thinks you are. There has never been anything truer than a sister. 

Sisters are great for your mental health. They will help you with your social skills, or lack thereof. There has been a study done saying the more sisters you have the better off, and happier you will be.  Barring a turbulent growing up with non-functioning parents. 

We are one and the same. The seasons come and the seasons go. One leaf hits the ground, and another one grows. Families here and families gone. Sisters gone afar. 

As tragic and sad as the tragedy is time goes on and life passes us by. Unspoken words never pass our lips. Spoken words taken out of context and used to collapse an already fragile and tempestuous relationship. 

A sister no more. What a shame.

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