“The Pulse” staff talks about life with a sibling in honor of Sibling Weekend

This weekend is Spring Arbor University’s first Sibling Saturday. In honor of this weekend, a few of our staff members have written a little about life with their sibling(s). We hope you enjoy our anecdotes, and if you have a sibling or multiple siblings, we hope you read this and maybe appreciate him/her/them even more.

Brianna Fairhurst
Editor-in-Chief

Though my sister, Michale, and I will not be participating in the events held for the occasion, she is coming to visit this weekend. My dad always used to tell Michale and me, “You two are just like day and night.” And then I’d respond, “Well I’m night!” Only sixteen months apart, my sister and I grew up sharing a room, doing everything together and keeping each other entertained. Adolescence came along and we became the typical sisters, fighting over the mirror in the bathroom, yelling at the other for taking clothes from our closets. Once I left for college things started to get a lot better. Frequent phone calls, texts, hanging out while I’m home. Almost twenty one years being her sister and I can honestly say I wouldn’t have it any other way.

 

Kerry Wade
Staff Writer

There are many practical lessons you learn with your siblings while growing up. For example, I learned how not to walk a lizard. Having noticed an abundance of geckos on the walls, my brother decided to catch one and keep it as a pet. Like any other household pet, our new lizard needed to be leashed and walked. However, instead of jumping from my brother’s hand to the ground, the lizard jumped onto his chest and down his shirt. Using its leash, the lizard tired itself around my brother’s stomach. Needless to say, we decided not to walk any lizards after that.

 

Megan Filipowski
Staff Writer

My brother, Jordan, is two years younger than me. When we were kids, I made him play house and be the “dad” to all of my dolls. He made me watch “Star Wars.” I made him play dress up. He made me play with Pokemon cards and Beyblades. When I made him mad, he always retaliated. We fight a lot, but now that we are both in college and no longer living under the same roof, I miss the days of playing house and Pokemon cards. I love my brother and even though we fight more than we should, I am blessed to have someone who did whatever I asked, even if he thought it was dumb.

 

Alexandra Harper
Staff Writer

My mom once said to my sister and I, “Always stick together, even if it’s against me.” And we definitely stuck together. When we were yelled at by security guards for exploring the basement level of an art museum, Lauren held the elevator door so I could jump in. When we decided we wanted to see what the presidential suite looked like in the Hilton, I timed out when the cleaning lady would have the door open, and Lauren kept me from tripping the staff-only stairwell security alarm. When we were bored at home, Lauren decided we should go bungee jumping off our loft beds, and I put on the dog harness and jumped. Thankfully she caught me. When we’re together we’re manic, conniving, witty and telepathic. She really is my other half and I love her.

[WRITER’S NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE OCTOBER 2011 EDITION OF “THE PULSE”]