Siblings

 

As we get older, we tend to have a desire to grow closer to our birth family in addition to the family we have with our spouse.

Throughout my lifetime, I have talked with numerous people, both male and female, who say they have brothers and sisters but either have not talked with them in years or have grown apart after leaving home.

Their main reason for the separation is that they are living different lifestyles, they did not get along with each other while living with their parents, or that they have very little in common.

They recognize that they are still family but are comfortable waiting for the other sibling to reach out first.  This is just another way of saying they are wanting to avoid what they know they should do.

The irony about this entire situation is that if the parents were still alive, their desire would have been for their children to have remained friends despite their differences.  However, what their parents wanted is no longer relevant.

Family will always be family despite any and all differences as the parents will always be the same even if there are or were multiple marriages.  One cannot simply not have parents and simply cannot do away with siblings.

And yet, this is exactly what happens to most families who continue to live in America.  Brothers and sisters are simply not that important, unless they share YOUR SAME INTERESTS...  

What does that say about us as a species???