I tell my girls all the time be good to their sisters will cause as irritating as they are right now, one day they will consider them to be their closest friends. I would give anything to have had sisters because I see my friends' relationships with their sisters and it just seems so special. Perhaps not without stress in some instances, but long lasting and I would imagine that many of the formalities and pretenses involved in other relationships could be dropped or at least diminished.
The youngest two of my girls have a really special bond, and I can see where they will be close for a lifetime. I'm not so certain about the oldest. She still seems to harbor some resentments that "two little rugrats" invaded her world and turned it upside down. Come to think of it, I have a friend who is not close to her older sister at all....what's that about? Did the older sibling get used to being the only child and didn't like the change, or what?
