"Day 26 of Sydney's Grace to Others: nurturing Sibling hood, on day two of driving, unprovoked-by-mom-on -their-own-tenderness-after strife-full-two-days crammed-in a-car together.. siblings. a single treasure and relationship like no other. Love/hate, tease/defend to the death, shaking fists/holding hands.. Ties that bind; that can weather or strengthen, can grow deep roots or stay shallow, can nurture and give life or strain and hurt. ties that can last longer than any job, most friendships and some marriages. a tie that doesn't care about geography. ties that make a grown little man brother get on a plane in a flash to be by his grown big sister's grieving bedside in an ICU a state away to meet and hold his late niece and cuss cry with his big sister hooked up to machines. ties that grow from making forts and mudpies to friends and comrades in hard life. praying these two will always be friends, stick together and love as hard as they fight and make every effort to do what leads to peace, forgive like mad and look out for each other and be thankful to share branches on a family tree even when it's stormy.. life is dang hard, what a privilege to have brothers and sisters to sojourn with. #syds30daysofgrace"
No comments:
Post a Comment