Story archives - tag: "sister"

Charlie

My sister tells me she watched our mom cry when I came out as gay to which I reply that I watched our mom cry when she ran away, stole the car, and got mom arrested.

tags: gay family mom sister [add]

2008-08-04 17:11:13 / Rating: 127.25 /

OregonGirl75

I braced myself, stoic and still as stone, as they wheeled your body into the room, and I didn't break down until I realized your long hair was still wet from the last shower you took.

tags: death grief bravery sister [add]

2008-05-28 15:54:48 / Rating: 370.25 /

Gege

It's been seven years since she was adopted and I just now realized that my little sister has never called me by my given name, only the Chinese word for "older brother."

tags: sister brother adoption [add]

2008-05-28 15:54:30 / Rating: 148.75 /

Juju

I took down all the pictures of her when she was just a little girl because I can no long bear comparing them to what she has become.

tags: sister [add]

2008-04-02 15:18:52 / Rating: 137.25 /

Walker, VA Ranger

I told my mom the smell was from burning the leaves in the yard and she believed me until my sister came home stoned two weeks later.

tags: pot sister trouble [add]

2007-11-20 15:11:21 / Rating: 148.25 /

Four Years Older

The feelings of resentment started when my younger sister got her 10-speed bike at the same time that I did.

tags: childhood resentment sister bicycle younger [add]

2007-10-30 14:15:59 / Rating: 160 /

Kaye

I stood there, dazed, when my mother told me my 14-year-old sister looked like a whore with the makeup she wore.

tags: sister makeup [add]

2007-08-28 23:06:19 / Rating: 108.75 /

D.

I reckon I was about eight, but I completely recall my sister throwing her nail scissors directly into the back of my knee.

tags: childhood ouch sister [add]

2007-05-29 15:58:34 / Rating: 157.25 /

Holly

Five years and an engagement ring later, my brother forgave his ex-best-friend for hitting on his little sister.

tags: sister engaged getting married brother siblings family forgiveness friends [add]

2007-05-23 13:17:46 / Rating: 278.25 /