tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215113808725670662.post6962617367177643890..comments2024-03-10T09:12:41.759-05:00Comments on Large Family Learning : Partners For Life?Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00488881901957036486noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215113808725670662.post-14340041721285678752011-02-10T17:25:07.177-06:002011-02-10T17:25:07.177-06:00Thanks for the facts and statistics; I'm a fan...Thanks for the facts and statistics; I'm a fan of both. The reason behind your research is of course heartbreaking. I know in the days after Clint passed, it made me think about what it would be like to lose a sibling. The conclusion I came to was that I don't think I could even grasp what it would be like without having it actually happen. Maybe that's because, as you described, you've always had them for as long as you can remember. At least you can recall what it is like not to have a spouse and the identity that goes along with that.<br /><br />Also enjoyed your insights on the benefits of siblings. They are easy to take for granted or otherwise abuse the relationship, but when appreciated, they can be the best kind of iron sharpening iron.<br /><br />It never occurred to me that you grieved less than your parents. I think it's a different kind of grief for the reasons you described.<br /><br />Just sad still about it all. Glad for him if I make the effort to think of it that way, but my mind still wants to say "this should not be, this did not happen". I wonder if I'll get to look on when you are all reunited someday, Lord willing. Okay, that made me smile. :-)<br /><br />((hugs))Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215113808725670662.post-18001595981306862832011-02-03T22:12:47.920-06:002011-02-03T22:12:47.920-06:00So many levels. . .
--Thinking of my own siblings...So many levels. . .<br /><br />--Thinking of my own siblings and our relationships. It's true, there are things they "get" that others just don't--we have the same frame of reference. And we've been through the "family crisis" and I just can't imagine how much harder it would have been not having one another!<br />--Thinking of my children and their relationships.<br />--Heart breaking for the children being separated from, not only their parents and everything familiar in their lives, but from their siblings as well. I remember when we were considering foster adoption and looking at and crying over the sibling groups on adoptuskids. sigh<br />--Sorry for your loss.Shonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310547848215492736noreply@blogger.com