Comments on: The Threads of Sisterhood http://momalom.com/2009/11/the-threads-of-sisterhood/ Sisters | Life | Three Kids Sat, 19 May 2012 19:28:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Sunday thoughts from Momalom’s Mom — Momalom http://momalom.com/2009/11/the-threads-of-sisterhood/comment-page-1/#comment-1716 Sunday thoughts from Momalom’s Mom — Momalom Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:46:30 +0000 http://momalom.com/?p=1635#comment-1716 [...] honor of the two high ponytails I wore. What was I thinking – only someone as little and cute as Sarah can get away with that. My counselor friends all had these great nicknames like The Binker (!) and [...] [...] honor of the two high ponytails I wore. What was I thinking – only someone as little and cute as Sarah can get away with that. My counselor friends all had these great nicknames like The Binker (!) and [...]

]]> By: lovenursing http://momalom.com/2009/11/the-threads-of-sisterhood/comment-page-1/#comment-1712 lovenursing Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:30:25 +0000 http://momalom.com/?p=1635#comment-1712 My sister used to have to wear my hand-me-downs but then we started growing into our bodies... She has no butt but I do and I have barely-there breasts and she has all-the-way-there ones. Mom always said that I looked better in purple and my sister in pink... Funny. In our adult lives I still pass things to her but it is far fewer articles as our tastes are drastically different. I love that you were a pigtail rebel! So funny!! My sister used to have to wear my hand-me-downs but then we started growing into our bodies… She has no butt but I do and I have barely-there breasts and she has all-the-way-there ones. Mom always said that I looked better in purple and my sister in pink… Funny. In our adult lives I still pass things to her but it is far fewer articles as our tastes are drastically different.
I love that you were a pigtail rebel! So funny!!

]]> By: Natalie http://momalom.com/2009/11/the-threads-of-sisterhood/comment-page-1/#comment-1658 Natalie Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:42:15 +0000 http://momalom.com/?p=1635#comment-1658 My computer was not cooperating the last few days (darn it!) so I have come back to try once more to leave my noteses. I was folding some of Miss Piggy's clothes and came across a little denim jumper with pink embroidery. I realized it had belonged to her own big sister, nine years her senior! It went from Janice The Flower Child to my cousin's child to my niece to another cousin's child, where I lost track of it, and now back to me. It's nothing special, you know. Just a little dress. But now I know I will never let it go. My computer was not cooperating the last few days (darn it!) so I have come back to try once more to leave my noteses.

I was folding some of Miss Piggy’s clothes and came across a little denim jumper with pink embroidery. I realized it had belonged to her own big sister, nine years her senior! It went from Janice The Flower Child to my cousin’s child to my niece to another cousin’s child, where I lost track of it, and now back to me. It’s nothing special, you know. Just a little dress. But now I know I will never let it go.

]]> By: Sarah http://momalom.com/2009/11/the-threads-of-sisterhood/comment-page-1/#comment-1550 Sarah Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:47:30 +0000 http://momalom.com/?p=1635#comment-1550 Oh I do hope you are feeling better! Belch, indeed! Isn't it great when you get married and make a whole new round of connections? Not everyone is so lucky. My husband was an only child to a single mom and life was pretty simple on the family-front until he met and married me. Now he is proud to say that he's a part of our loud, BOISTEROUS family. Oh my! Oh I do hope you are feeling better! Belch, indeed!

Isn’t it great when you get married and make a whole new round of connections? Not everyone is so lucky. My husband was an only child to a single mom and life was pretty simple on the family-front until he met and married me. Now he is proud to say that he’s a part of our loud, BOISTEROUS family. Oh my!

]]> By: Sarah http://momalom.com/2009/11/the-threads-of-sisterhood/comment-page-1/#comment-1549 Sarah Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:42:35 +0000 http://momalom.com/?p=1635#comment-1549 Good luck on conceiving baby number two. My husband and I worked on that one for a while and found out rather surprisingly that we had finally gotten pregnant. Although we had to wait nine more months to see what Mad Max was all about. Oooo boy is he something! Boys 1 and 2 are 4.5 years apart and it's ok. All age differences have their pros and cons. For sure. I love that you highlight the differences between you and your husband and your need for alone time and personal space. That made me laugh right out loud. It must be a common thought around there.... I understand your longing for the bond and connection of sisterhood. Although I have Jen, it is the reason that I started this Five for Ten business. More of everything. Connections, communication and sisterhood. Good luck on conceiving baby number two. My husband and I worked on that one for a while and found out rather surprisingly that we had finally gotten pregnant. Although we had to wait nine more months to see what Mad Max was all about. Oooo boy is he something! Boys 1 and 2 are 4.5 years apart and it’s ok. All age differences have their pros and cons. For sure.

I love that you highlight the differences between you and your husband and your need for alone time and personal space. That made me laugh right out loud. It must be a common thought around there….

I understand your longing for the bond and connection of sisterhood. Although I have Jen, it is the reason that I started this Five for Ten business. More of everything. Connections, communication and sisterhood.

]]> By: Sarah http://momalom.com/2009/11/the-threads-of-sisterhood/comment-page-1/#comment-1548 Sarah Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:37:20 +0000 http://momalom.com/?p=1635#comment-1548 Perfecto, Mom! Love it. Gold medal & black ribbon part of our own fashion sense? Hmm. I suppose I can see it. Neither of us were ever that interested in style so I wouldn't be surprised. :) Perfecto, Mom! Love it.

Gold medal & black ribbon part of our own fashion sense? Hmm. I suppose I can see it. Neither of us were ever that interested in style so I wouldn’t be surprised.

:)

]]> By: Sarah http://momalom.com/2009/11/the-threads-of-sisterhood/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 Sarah Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:35:45 +0000 http://momalom.com/?p=1635#comment-1540 you two were surely made for each other. and reading this? makes me love jen more and more. shhh...don't tell her. i'm a bit more lovey than she is. :) you two were surely made for each other.
and reading this? makes me love jen more and more.
shhh…don’t tell her. i’m a bit more lovey than she is.

:)

]]> By: Sarah http://momalom.com/2009/11/the-threads-of-sisterhood/comment-page-1/#comment-1536 Sarah Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:09:16 +0000 http://momalom.com/?p=1635#comment-1536 Really interesting thoughts on the women with sisters vs women without sisters and the kind of relationships they have because of both...either? I know that my sisterhood affects my other relationships now more than ever - because we are finally so CLOSE. Before now, my other relationships affected my sisterhood, and not always positively. About your son wearing your daughter's hand-me-downs, or vice versa! - there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with that! Are you kidding me. Go read my girl posts...I don't long for a daughter for the frills, that's for sure, so I agree with everything you are doing. And they will only seek therapy for ANYTHING if they are insecure about any aspect of life - and hard to say this, but we teach them that I think. Honesty. Acceptance. Love. I can do this parenting thing if I remember all that comes with each of those things. Really interesting thoughts on the women with sisters vs women without sisters and the kind of relationships they have because of both…either? I know that my sisterhood affects my other relationships now more than ever – because we are finally so CLOSE. Before now, my other relationships affected my sisterhood, and not always positively.

About your son wearing your daughter’s hand-me-downs, or vice versa! – there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with that! Are you kidding me. Go read my girl posts…I don’t long for a daughter for the frills, that’s for sure, so I agree with everything you are doing. And they will only seek therapy for ANYTHING if they are insecure about any aspect of life – and hard to say this, but we teach them that I think. Honesty. Acceptance. Love. I can do this parenting thing if I remember all that comes with each of those things.

]]> By: Sarah http://momalom.com/2009/11/the-threads-of-sisterhood/comment-page-1/#comment-1531 Sarah Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:44:37 +0000 http://momalom.com/?p=1635#comment-1531 Wa-wa-wa-wow! 10 kids? All together? FIVE sisters? This I cannot imagine. Can NOT. Wow. The mothering you have done to the smaller ones. The criss-cross of connections. That's a lot of relationships. A LOT of people to keep track of. A lot of fighting. A lot of love. A lot of just about everything. And because you have such a large family I can only imagine how intricate it is...therefore you should indeed write about it. A way to work through it all? Wa-wa-wa-wow! 10 kids? All together? FIVE sisters? This I cannot imagine. Can NOT. Wow.

The mothering you have done to the smaller ones. The criss-cross of connections. That’s a lot of relationships. A LOT of people to keep track of. A lot of fighting. A lot of love. A lot of just about everything. And because you have such a large family I can only imagine how intricate it is…therefore you should indeed write about it. A way to work through it all?

]]> By: Sarah http://momalom.com/2009/11/the-threads-of-sisterhood/comment-page-1/#comment-1530 Sarah Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:40:38 +0000 http://momalom.com/?p=1635#comment-1530 Read my response to BOREDMommy down there. The darn server is timing out. If you click the back button, refresh the page (after copying your comment just in case) and then re-submit the comment you should be ok. It is STILL there if you click the back button. You just have to hit reply again. I'm sorry I missed the rambling. Thank you for putting in another comment! And I totally love the Gravatar! Read my response to BOREDMommy down there. The darn server is timing out. If you click the back button, refresh the page (after copying your comment just in case) and then re-submit the comment you should be ok. It is STILL there if you click the back button. You just have to hit reply again.

I’m sorry I missed the rambling. Thank you for putting in another comment! And I totally love the Gravatar!

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