Whether brothers or sisters, in our lifetime no one person will ever have more of the same DNA makeup as we do than a sibling. Whether we share both parents or only one, that genetic bond is unbreakable. Sadly, though, the same cannot be said of the relational bond; from birth and throughout childhood, sibling relationships have to be nurtured by parents. When a family has more than one child, each child must have equal love and equal time and feel equally as important as their siblings without be treated the same--each one must be loved and accepted for the individual each one is But when the kids leave home and strike out on their own, it is up to each of them to keep that relationship alive and growing, through open communication, visits, and acceptance of each others' differences. discounting those separated at birth or otherwise growing up in a different geographic location,
That doesn't always happen. In my world, it rarely happened.
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