My daughters are getting divorced.
Okay, not really but that's what it seems like.
Emily has finally decided to move into her own room downstairs and I'm finding this to be very much like a separation between spouses. As Em packs her things from their room she is making piles of 'hers' and 'mine'. She and Mary are negotiating. "You keep these pictures, I'll take those pictures" There are custody battles (who gets the dvd player, who gets the radio)
Mary is in mourning. She's shared a room with Emily for more than half of her life. I am trying to show her the benefits; privacy, more space to play but she just sees her big sister and best friend leaving her. I feel sad for her but excited for Emily. Weird right?
I don't have sister so I'm not privy to that kind of bond. One minute they hate each other and the next they are best friends again. I do think that in the long run the separate rooms will bring them closer together. I hope so anyway.
You know Jean, my sister and I had the same thing happen! Mom says we still slept with each other on weekend nights for a long time.
ReplyDeleteI'm actually planning to have to blow up the air mattress a lot so Mary can 'sleep over' at Emily's. lol
ReplyDeleteThe best thing that happened to my sister and I was getting our own space. We spent time together because we chose to, which was so much better.
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