I have posted entries on this blog previously about how important I think that sibling relationships are, and how we need to foster them as best as we can. The friends we make in this life, some will come, and some will go. But the friendships that we help develop among our children, will serve them for their whole lives, most likely long after we are gone from this earth. They will have each other to lean upon, to collaborate with, and to love.
Here are two poems that speak about brothers and sisters and different ways that they can impact each other’s lives in a positive way. It is worth it to push through the petty fighting and arguing to reach the lovely connection they can have to one another!
TO A SPECIAL SISTER
A sister is one of the nicest things
that can happen to anyone.
She is someone to laugh with and share with,
to work with and join in the fun.
She is someone who helps in the rough times
and knows when you need a warm smile.
She is someone who will quietly listen
when you just want to talk for awhile.
A sister is dear to you always,
for she is someone who is always a part
of all the favorite memories
that you keep very close to your heart.
~ Author Unknown ~
A LITTLE BROTHER FOLLOWS ME
A careful boy I want to be; a little brother follows me.
I do not dare to go astray for fear he’ll go the self-same way.
I cannot once escape his eyes; whate’er he see me do, he tries.
Like me he says he’s going to be- that little brother following me.
He thinks that I am good and fine; believes in every word of mine.
The bad in me he must not see- that little brother following me.
I must remember as I go through summer’s sun and winter’s snow
I’m building for the years to be that little brother following me.
~ Author Unknown ~
