I was thinking about my family lately. It is very interesting to me how families change. As a youth- you play and hang out with your siblings all the time. Sometimes when you get older- you and your siblings are good friends. My siblings and I live the closest we have lived to each other since we all lived in the same house and we hardly ever see each other or speak to each other. I am really not happy about that fact. Growing up as an only girl, I looked forward to having sister-in-laws. Someone to shop with, hang with, talk to about girl stuff! But truth be told, neither one of my sister-in-laws and I are friends. We get along, sure, but we don't have things in common to hang out. And now that my brothers are married, they seem to only have time for their wife and their wife's family. My mom says that is just how it is, but I don't really believe that.
I have even tried to incorporate all of us into events we can share, like I rented a cabin last summer (all the people are teachers except my mom and my younger brother and me and Aaron) for a whole week to enjoy swimming, boating, games, etc. The place even had a small pool for kids and was only 1.5 hours away. Guess who came? Aaron and myself! Excuses from the rest. This winter- I was planning a family skate together and again---excuses. Maybe it is me. Nah..... really?!? Maybe I am intimidating??
Comments welcome-- but I did discover last year that I am easily offended.