Sibling relationships - and 80 percent of Americans have at least one - outlast marriages, survive the death of parents, resurface after quarrels that would sink any friendship. They flourish in a thousand incarnations of closeness and distance, warmth, loyalty and distrust. ~Erica E. Goode, "The Secret World of Siblings," U.S. News & World Report, 10 January 1994
To the outside world, we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other's hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time. ~Clara Ortega~
"If you don't understand how you could both love your sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child." -Linda Sunshine-
Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation and kindness and caring - quite often the hard way. ~ Pamela Dugdale
It was nice growing up with someone like you - someone to lean on, someone to count on...someone to tell on! ~ Unknown
A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.
Christina
"If you don't understand how you could both love your sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child." -Linda Sunshine-Kiah
Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation and kindness and caring - quite often the hard way. ~ Pamela DugdaleErica
Sometimes being a brother is better than being a superhero.
~ Marc Brown ~
Anna
~ Marc Brown ~
Anna
It was nice growing up with someone like you - someone to lean on, someone to count on...someone to tell on! ~ Unknown Amy
A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.~ Marion C. Garretty ~
Last, but not least, Lani
The Grand Finale
The Grand Finale 
Keep them coming :-) SOOOOOO beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou really have a bunch of pretty kids :-)
LOVE the pictures! How nice for you to have all those beautiful family shots!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures, and very cool quotes to go with them!
ReplyDeleteThe quotes with the beautiful photographs are very touching. I love this one "to the outside world, we all grow old, not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were." That is exactly how I feel about my brothers. When we get together, it's easy to remember how to let go and have fun. There's a level of trust that I don't have with anyone else. Thank you for sharing this beautiful post.
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