{"id":1675,"date":"2009-12-01T22:45:14","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T22:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolene-test.com.bishopcompsol.com\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2009-12-01T22:45:14","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T22:45:14","slug":"some-things-only-a-big-sister-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/some-things-only-a-big-sister-can-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Things Only a Big Sister Can Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-387.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1676\" title=\"shapeimage_1-38\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-387-300x194.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-387-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-387-462x300.png 462w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-387.png 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My sister is three years my senior. For all my life I\u2019ve looked up to her, at least when we weren\u2019t mortal enemies, ready to scratch each other\u2019s eyes out in defense of our respective sides of the bed. Other than that, she\u2019s been a font of wisdom and sophistication, and when we were younger and the age gap seemed bigger, I pretty much idolized her.<\/p>\n<p>As we\u2019ve gotten older, the age gap has narrowed, but there are times when I still rely on her guidance. Over the years, I\u2019ve complied a list of ways she\u2019s guided me down the path of life. Here are some of the things only a big sister can do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Put her arm around a little sister\u2019s slumping shoulders to hide her slouch.<\/li>\n<li>Outgrow her sister dress and pass it down for another year or two of wearing.<\/li>\n<li>Get Mom to help after her little sister throws up or wets both sides of the bed.<\/li>\n<li>Teach a klutzy little sister how to jump rope, play jacks, and color between the lines.<\/li>\n<li>Warn her not to date certain guys with bad reputations.<\/li>\n<li>Fight for a reasonable curfew that benefitted her younger siblings.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage her sister to make a risky career change.<\/li>\n<li>Tell her sister she was a good mother, no matter what choices her kids made.<\/li>\n<li>Get up early the day after Thanksgiving to drive around Minneapolis so her sister could bargain shop for wedding presents.<\/li>\n<li>Provide feedback about mother-of-the-groom and mother-of-the-bride dresses on the day after Thanksgiving, never once mentioning her little sister\u2019s stomach pooching out because of too much Chex mix, too much pie and that extra helping of mashed potatoes on Turkey Day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once the weddings are history, \u201carranging flowers\u201d and \u201cbeing a pillar of strength during emotional meltdowns\u201d will make the list, I\u2019m sure.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe someday, I\u2019ll get to help my sister as much as she\u2019s helped me. But if I can\u2019t, it\u2019ll be okay. Because there\u2019s one more thing only a big sister can do. She loves you no matter what.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s the best thing of all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My sister is three years my senior. For all my life I\u2019ve looked up to her, at least when we weren\u2019t mortal enemies, ready to scratch each other\u2019s eyes out in defense of our respective sides of the bed. 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