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May 2, 2015

Baby Day I love the suggestion to donate to an organization that helps babies and their parents.  Consider one of these organizations: your local pregnancy center, Compassion International , Mercy House , Covenant House , Mission Motherhood And does anyone have a baby I can hold, rock, sniff the head of, etc? :) Brothers and Sisters Day Give someone the chance to have a big brother or big sister 7 Ways Your Siblings May Have Shaped You The importance of siblings Your Adult Siblings May Be The Secret To A Long, Happy Life Shows I love that feature sibling relationships: Brothers & Sisters , Parenthood , do you have any you would recommend? Here Are The Best TV Siblings Of All Time Free Comic Book Day Full Comic Books Online for Free Golden and Silver Age Comic Books for Free Join Hands Day This is a day for generations to come together and join hands for good. Get together for intergenerational physical activity The Benefits of Intergenerational Programs Gene...

April 10, 2015

National Siblings Day  ( additional information ) Paul, Beth, Brad Rebecca, Beth, Adele The Gift of Siblings  (a NY Times op-ed written by my sister-in-love's cousin!) Famous Siblings Throughout History International Safety Pin Day The Invention of the Safety Pin Safety Pin Projects 15 Surprising Uses for Safety Pins Golfer's Day Watch a movie or two featuring golf A History of Golf since 1497! Who Invented Golf Clubs, Balls and Tees? Top 10 Golf Courses in the World

Day 89: Siblings

I'm grateful for my siblings.  I'm the oldest but I'm the only girl so that means that sometimes I get treated as the youngest.  :)  I really love my brothers, I'm 22 months older than the middle and 7 years older than the youngest.  I have some good memories of our times together as kids, and some not so good memories but isn't that part of being in a family?  When I was four and Paul (the middle kid who doesn't have that pesky "middle child" syndrome at all) was two I taught him how to read.  When I was 7 and Bradley (the youngest) was a newborn and crying in his swing I was his biggest defender.  Paul, Brad, and I are very different and yet we share some strong similarities.  We all share a weird love for spreadsheets (we can "blame" my Dad for that), we all love music - different styles perhaps but music plays a big part in each of our lives, we all read - some of us read faster than others but we can "blame" my Mom for the read...