Rivalry

Today Gabby and I met “DaDa” for lunch. Gabby having the undivided attention of both of her parents is almost an unrecognizable Gabby. This reiterated our plans for her upcoming birthday next Tuesday. At first I was undecided about what to do to celebrate Gabby’s birthday. She rarely, if ever, has both of her parents doting on her. It seems […]

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I am an only child. I can’t say that I necessarily disliked being an only child. Rather, there have been things about living my life as an “only” that I wasn’t the most fond of. But there were also benefits I reaped by flying solo. My friends that had siblings had households that were always buzzing. People were coming and […]

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Strange things are happening in my life. One day I went to sleep, when I woke up the walls were bare. I didn’t actually realize at first but my big brother cued me in. All the pictures of my smiley face were taken down. The next thing I knew, I was forbidden from my awesome play room. What’s the deal? […]

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The minute I put Gabby into the bath with Drew, he took a bucket of water and doused her with it. As a tough girl already accustomed to the abuse of an older brother, she just picked up her rubber ducky and started playing completely unphased by it. The relationship between them is something I will never fully understand but […]

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