SisterFriendSister — Amy Spies

June 27th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
feature photo

When do sisters become our friends and friends become our sisters?

It’s interesting how that all evolves, how intertwined it all really is. As I’ve grown up and evolved myself, girlfriends have become increasingly important to me, and like sisters. They really do feel like a growing extended family, a net for me in case I stumble, a warm embracing hug for when I need that. I kind of mentally picture the women in my life as a circle around me, holding hands and full of life. Hmmm—kind of like those circles we made with our children in preschool holding a parachute.

And my sister has become infinitely more precious to me, also…and more like a friend. She and I still have the same sibling rivalry type issues we always for lack of a better word ‘shared’; but we more often than not ‘don’t go there, girlfriend/sister’ because why bother. We more or less respect each other’s right to differ, to not be each other.

Another thing I’ve noticed is how many of my close girlfriends who I feel sisterly with have similar relationships with their birth sisters. I am the younger sister and many of my girlfriends are often younger sisters. Maybe the dynamic of being the younger sister has universal traits, but it does seem that my girlfriends and I have similar type older sisters.

Hmmm—I wonder if our sisters would get along with each other—and become friends?

ShareThis

Sphere: Related Content

Post a Response

Close
Powered by ShareThis