May 24, 201214 yr Several have lost siblings. I can't imagine how painful that was for you. My wife has lost 2 brothers in the past 2 years. One was 49 and the other 53. It has been very hard on her.
May 24, 201214 yr Have two ollder brothers: 52 & 50. Wow, those numbers look so strange. Can't believe we're this old! :eyeonyou: (Btw, I only counted biological siblings here. I didn't include RTS, whom we adopted a few years ago from a no-kill shelter. Just in time too -- they were getting ready to change their policy. No idea why.) :idunno: :lol: They may have realized it would be kill or be killed.
May 24, 201214 yr Several have lost siblings. I can't imagine how painful that was for you.Heartbreaking for me. To this day, it's still very painful to think about, she was only 18 when she was killed.
May 25, 201214 yr I am the oldest and wisest. I have a brother who is a few years younger than me; he only works 1.5 days a week. My younger sister is lovely but spoiled rotten. I am,perhaps, the "cream of the crop" Seriously though, I do love my family!!!!
May 25, 201214 yr 1 older sister 1 younger brother I'm the middle kid but no one cares about me anyway.......:taz: Unsung Hero. Your sister and brother would not be the same without you.
May 25, 201214 yr My wife actually has 5 younger brothers and 1 sister that passed away. I cannot imagine the pain.
May 25, 201214 yr . I'm smack dab in the middle, making me the well adjusted one. My middle is the family rock. Can't say enough about him.
May 25, 201214 yr Several have lost siblings. I can't imagine how painful that was for you. One of the reasons that I'm fascinated by the "nature vs. nurture" discussion. I was older than my sister by 27 months; raised in the same household by the same parents. She had a couple of severe childhood illnesses - viral meningitis and scarlet fever; we both had mumps, measles and chicken pox. She had very high fever with the serious ones - 105+; we often wondered if, in layman's terms, her brain got a bit fried and if that accounted for all of her later problems. Long story short - polysubstance abuse, self-mutilation, two teen pregnancies and abortions, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, multiple hospitalizations in private and state mental hospitals (Shepherd-Pratt and Crownsville, in Maryland). And a whole raft of other stuff that I've forgotten. Lived in assisted housing, was never able to hold a job, and died at 45 of "natural causes" but I think she just wore out and gave up. But for the grace of God...
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