I think it’s fair to say that the fights my sister and I have had are legendary. Over the years we have “knocked lumps off” each other during some wrestling bout or other. No one has the power to wound and irritate like a sibling. Fortunately, I have to say that our physical rumbles stopped when my sister got married and I think that was only because she had someone else to beat up then!
One particular incident has come back to bite me on the arse on more than one occasion. I recollect that one day as small children whilst we were playing aeroplanes; you know the game where you grab someone by the ankle and arm and lift them off the ground to spin them around? Being the tallest sibling, I was always the spinner whilst my sister was the one being spun.
My Darling Nieces Ayesha & Danielle
Of course, we’re a lot older now!
My sister has continued to milk that particular injury throughout the years; constantly reminding me that she will be on medication for the rest of her life for crippling headaches as a result of that particular childhood accident! Although, I think most of her headaches have been caused by the kids and her rather good friend Remy Martin!
Your sister is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway. She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark. She is your teacher, your defence attorney, your personal press agent, even your shrink. Some days, she’s the reason you wish you were an only child. ~Barbara Alpert
We love F.A.D. xxx
Great post. I can just see that airplane whomp into the wall happening.
I’m guessing you’re no stranger to sibling fights yourself?
Great post and great photos! I did some things to my sister (because she made me SO angry, she thought she was so much better than me, what did she know, ha!) that shall remain unwritten, haha. Thanks for bringing back the memories! (I think.) – Kaye
Kaye, we’ve all been there and lord knows there are times now when I want to knock lumps off her – my Dad took the pictures and like me he’s no photographer!
That made me wince! Lovely photos. Your nieces are beautiful!
Thank you they’re a lot older now in fact one is going to uni and the other is going in the army so I don’t think they’re going to thank me for posting their pictures but public humiliation is what families do best!
Oh yes, the bond between sisters. I have one, so I know all about it.
Oh, that reminds me…
Its my turn to call my sister, I better get right on that, I wouldn’t want her getting mad.
ps
Adorable nieces you have (thanks to your sister, I presume?)
Oh yes Maggie – she did something right! She used to say that she should be able to share my wardrobe as I got to share her kids.
Don’t let her fool you, she loves when you take the kids
I have 3 sisters. We had one that was always disagreeing on everything we do and criticizing us. I think there is always one in every family
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Amen! My sister reckons it’s me and of course I think it’s her!
A bit of blood on the Laura Ashley might have livened it up! My brother has an indentation in the middle of his forehead – ‘golfing’ accident. We were good friends before! My sister was Violet Elizabeth Bott
Weren’t we all awful to our siblings!!!! Did Violet Elizabeth have any “golfing” accidents as well? My mum always knew when we were fibbing anyway.
Oh no, Violet Elizabeth never had a hair hurt – she just scweamed and scweamed and scweamed. Mothers, they sure knew bullshit when they heard it
Ahhhh, sister memories. I was the older (and perfect, of course). She was the bad one. Always getting into trouble. My sister moved back to England many years ago and unfortunately we never talk or see each other. Perhaps that’s for the best as we never got along. But she did produce a wonderful daughter who lives with her husband and two darling little boys in California, and whom I am close to.
Your title for this post is perfection, btw.
I was always close to my nieces but now they are teenagers I feel a little redundant but I think that when they have their own families that may change again!
Teenagers are into their own lives, becoming adults, and most think they know everything (and that the aunties are OLD), but hang in there, send an email every now and then to keep in touch, and eventually (as you say, when they have their own families), they will start to realize how important family is, and they might even think you are pretty cool for running off to Turkey to make a new life.
There is always the golden child! I was the other one…and it has made life very, very interesting!!!!
Me too!! Now we’re older we take turns!
My sisterly escapades included giving her the worst haircut of her life…
These days we’re two peas in a pod. Funny how time can change things.
LOL – I’m still laughing about the haircut and wonder why I never thought of that!
LOL! My sister and I have a theme song…”Sisters” from White Christmas… It suits most sisterly relationships.
Ouch! I can feel the pain of your sister. But she produce lovely children! Me and my brother were also always fighting, maybe that’s the reason he moved to Australia? haha, he also managed to produce awesome kids, there must be some correlation there
Exactly my point I moved to Turkey!
Can´t comment on having a sister, because I don´t have one – but when you mentioned your Mum´s Royal Doulton I immediately though of Mrs Bouquet´s Candle-light suppers!
She is Mrs Bouquet re-incarnated but these days there aren’t too many candlelit suppers
Marianne stole my comment…. I absolutely loved that series (Keeping up Appearances)! I think the Brits do comedy so much better than some of our silly slapstick.
Hehehe – I got in there first Gunta cos I´m a Brit!
Ladies – my mum does have the clergy round for afternoon tea and has actually uttered those immortal words “more tea vicar”?
Hahaha … I can believe it
Wonderful!
I still fight with my siblings now and again though these days are fights are more along political lines. We never played aeroplane but the things I did to my younger brother were legendary!
Oh you can’t just leave it there! Remember confession is good for the soul!
Title had me howling with laughter! Thank you for this!
I’m guessing you’re a sister?
My sister and I had terrible fights too. Once she bashed me over the elbow with the pressure cooker. That was really sore. We always has scratches on the backs of our hands, which we tried to hide from our mom. Thankfully were the best of friends now, although I still sense the rivalry on occasion.
That reminds me of all the times we used to hide things from our mum but she somehow ALWAYS knew!
Oh Tink…as soon as I read the title I ran hopped my broom to Turkey. I am one of 4, tho the only girl, who fought like cats and dogs. I had a legendary temper and I was a thrower (i’ve spoken of this i think
) and I look back now and thank God I never killed one of them. What we do as children hopefully stays in our childhood…but when it comes to siblings, that is NEVER the case. It can make for some verrrrry interesting ‘discussions’ as adults. Funny how very little it takes for us to regress back to ‘those times’ isn’t it? I feel for you, I truly do. I think that’s why we have girlfriends…to balance the ‘sister act’.
I love that I can always count on you, Rhonda, for such sound advice and a well balanced viewpoint. Why is it that one word said in anger and I am that twelve year old all over again
That’s a question for the ages my friend. And just know this…you are NOT alone in this. I still find myself biting my tongue (literally, it was a thing I did and when the brothers saw this, they ran like hell) when I hear them speak of incidents of long ago that still live in my chamber of childhood horrors. I’d like to say we will grow out of it, but as I’m just shy of 50 and 2…I’d likely be lying! I guess the best we can hope for is that, while we still find ourselves there, maybe each time it gets easier to find our way back. Hang in there kiddo…btw..what kind of relationship did your sister’s girls have growing up? any marks?
LOL exactly the same as ours and even as teenagers they still argue from the moment they get up to the moment they go to bed.
Ha! There ya go…poetry in motion yeah? Hope your sister appreciates the irony. Most of us are able to see ourselves in our children…especially when they fight. Sometimes that goes a long way toward getting that snarky adolescent out of our own heads…but then again sometimes it just makes us laugh! (and maybe cringe a little)
One time my sister had a broken arm and she beat the crap out of me with her cast. Hmm… that sounded funnier in my head.
It made me laugh because as children we had no thought for consequence, we just did what we thought we could get away with. Sometimes we did and sometimes our parents found out!
Adore my sister, I email her every day!
You are very very lucky but I think you already know that!
My half sisters are much younger than me, so we never had those sister issues but even so, I love having sisters, and with them the honesty that is so well evidenced in your last sentence [before the quote]
I think sisterhood and honesty go hand in hand – whether or not we like it!
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My sisters and I have had epic fights that I loathe to commit to writing. Something about sisters. You love them and they can push all your buttons.
I hear you! It only takes one wrong word from mine for me to become a teenager all over again
Lucky you only have one sis. right? I have 3 sis and 2 bros. Don’t ask how many sibling fights I’ve had with them 😁. That’s what siblings are for, I guess
I sincerely hope that the indentation you can still see is in the wall and not your sisters head!
Now that would have given her something to moan about
Love this post! My younger sister and I are really close and have only gotten closer as we’ve gotten older. She once slammed my thumb in a door, causing me to pass out cold. Love her to death though!
That’s the thing about sisters; you can laugh about all the things you used to get away with!
Hilarious! My sister and I fought constantly as kids but now she’s my travel companion! Still feel like aeroplaning her into a wall sometimes!
If you ever want some aeroplane tips, I’m your cessna!
PS Don’t let go until you’ve built up a really good speed!
When my mom was young, maybe 4 years old, she somehow whacked her little sister on the head with a small toy hammer, and we hear about it every single time my aunt gets even slightly tipsy…this totally reminded me of that!
Tell your mum I feel her pain – our sisters need to let it go LOL!
I am an only child – so I can’t really relate – but I enjoyed the read!
When I was at uni I had a friend who -when she was 6- put her baby sister in the oven. Her parents looked for the baby for ages and were getting frantic when at last she admitted it and showed them where it was! Thank goodness she didn’t know how to turn the oven on! Now that’s an evil big sister. Unfortunately my brother was too big to fit in ours
I am still laughing about this one – if only I’d thought about that when I was a kid!
Sometime, just sometimes, I feel sorry for my only child. Then i remember and am envious
Love the quote.
Sometimes I have to say I’m envious too particularly when I hear my nieces arguing from the moment they get up to the moment they go to bed.
really beautiful post about sister love. I totally agree with that. Unfortunately for me this ended a couple of years ago when my beloved sister was taken away from us. So make sure you speak to her, hug her, love her (and fight with her if necessary) and then do it even more!!!!
What a lovely thing to say and I am sorry you lost your sister but I hope that some of your childhood memories come back to warm your heart on really blue days
thanks, the sister bond is a very strong one.
And someone said “grieving is the price we pay for love”
How very true.
have a great weekend in TinkyTown.
And you too but I just know you’ll have a fab one when you have a bath that amazing!