Comments on: Mutual Respect & Admiration http://www.lindseynobles.com/2009/08/mutual-respect-admiration/ I'm Just Saying Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lindseyreadenobles http://www.lindseynobles.com/2009/08/mutual-respect-admiration/comment-page-1/#comment-499 lindseyreadenobles Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:54:37 +0000 http://lindseyreadenobles.wordpress.com/?p=503#comment-499 Now I am not sure Marcie and I could share a room. That is impressive! Now I am not sure Marcie and I could share a room. That is impressive!

]]> By: lindseyreadenobles http://www.lindseynobles.com/2009/08/mutual-respect-admiration/comment-page-1/#comment-498 lindseyreadenobles Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:53:57 +0000 http://lindseyreadenobles.wordpress.com/?p=503#comment-498 Why didn't we talk about this at lunch??? :) Why didn’t we talk about this at lunch??? :)

]]> By: Amy N. http://www.lindseynobles.com/2009/08/mutual-respect-admiration/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Amy N. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:18:30 +0000 http://lindseyreadenobles.wordpress.com/?p=503#comment-500 my sister and i are almost 5 years apart in age and 5 years apart in school. growing up we fought a lot. she was the athlete so from a young age she would beat up on me even though i'm older. after i got married and moved away though it got much better. and we did get a long some of the time growing up. we were so different though. now we get a long great and i have to say she is a great aunt to my kiddo. BTW I love your blog! my sister and i are almost 5 years apart in age and 5 years apart in school. growing up we fought a lot. she was the athlete so from a young age she would beat up on me even though i’m older. after i got married and moved away though it got much better. and we did get a long some of the time growing up. we were so different though. now we get a long great and i have to say she is a great aunt to my kiddo.
BTW I love your blog!

]]> By: Jenni Catron http://www.lindseynobles.com/2009/08/mutual-respect-admiration/comment-page-1/#comment-497 Jenni Catron Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:23:05 +0000 http://lindseyreadenobles.wordpress.com/?p=503#comment-497 You know my beautiful sister and let's just say our growing up years were pretty "interesting". We are also five years apart and that age difference created lots of strife for us. Now she is my best friend. She understands me better than anyone else. She can read my heart and know when I'm struggling - even when I look composed to the rest of the world. The sister bond is amazingly special. Someday we'll share the details of how I convinced her to jump her bike off a ramp or the multitude of times she attempted to run away when I was supposed to be babysitting her, etc. You know my beautiful sister and let’s just say our growing up years were pretty “interesting”. We are also five years apart and that age difference created lots of strife for us. Now she is my best friend. She understands me better than anyone else. She can read my heart and know when I’m struggling – even when I look composed to the rest of the world. The sister bond is amazingly special.

Someday we’ll share the details of how I convinced her to jump her bike off a ramp or the multitude of times she attempted to run away when I was supposed to be babysitting her, etc.

]]> By: Torybee http://www.lindseynobles.com/2009/08/mutual-respect-admiration/comment-page-1/#comment-496 Torybee Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:34:23 +0000 http://lindseyreadenobles.wordpress.com/?p=503#comment-496 I don't have a sister, just brothers and I hardly do anything with them. I'm the oldest and only girl, my brother is about 2 and a half years younger and the youngest brother is like 13 years younger than me. (it's a long story but basically I had another brother that died of cancer when he was 6 and so my parents had another to "fill the void" and help with the loss but can anything or anyone really fill the loss?) So, I guess my family is a bit messed up and so I live through the relationships my husband has with his brother. He's pretty close now to his brother but there was a time when they also did not get along while they roomed together for college. What changed is exactly what you described: They came to a mutual respect for one another. Being forced to live in close proximity, away from mom and dad as "referee" they realized they'd either kill each other or learn to love each other. Love won out. It's a beautiful thing. I don’t have a sister, just brothers and I hardly do anything with them. I’m the oldest and only girl, my brother is about 2 and a half years younger and the youngest brother is like 13 years younger than me. (it’s a long story but basically I had another brother that died of cancer when he was 6 and so my parents had another to “fill the void” and help with the loss but can anything or anyone really fill the loss?)
So, I guess my family is a bit messed up and so I live through the relationships my husband has with his brother. He’s pretty close now to his brother but there was a time when they also did not get along while they roomed together for college. What changed is exactly what you described: They came to a mutual respect for one another. Being forced to live in close proximity, away from mom and dad as “referee” they realized they’d either kill each other or learn to love each other.

Love won out. It’s a beautiful thing.

]]> By: lindseyreadenobles http://www.lindseynobles.com/2009/08/mutual-respect-admiration/comment-page-1/#comment-495 lindseyreadenobles Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:44:58 +0000 http://lindseyreadenobles.wordpress.com/?p=503#comment-495 I definitely think there is a transition that happens once all the siblings are grown up. You have to reestablish your relationship as adults. I have several friends who were close to their siblings as children, but now feel this distance. Often times they just need to make the investment of their time to get to know each other. I definitely think there is a transition that happens once all the siblings are grown up. You have to reestablish your relationship as adults. I have several friends who were close to their siblings as children, but now feel this distance. Often times they just need to make the investment of their time to get to know each other.

]]> By: lindseyreadenobles http://www.lindseynobles.com/2009/08/mutual-respect-admiration/comment-page-1/#comment-494 lindseyreadenobles Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:41:40 +0000 http://lindseyreadenobles.wordpress.com/?p=503#comment-494 It is interesting. My parents have always tried to instill the importance of Marcie and I's relationship. I think because they feel some distance between their siblings and themselves because of geographical distance, etc. It is interesting. My parents have always tried to instill the importance of Marcie and I’s relationship. I think because they feel some distance between their siblings and themselves because of geographical distance, etc.

]]> By: John Ireland http://www.lindseynobles.com/2009/08/mutual-respect-admiration/comment-page-1/#comment-493 John Ireland Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:35:15 +0000 http://lindseyreadenobles.wordpress.com/?p=503#comment-493 thanks for sharing, Lindsey! i wonder if for most siblings, it is not until the point when all have reached their early 20's that relationships trend toward the better. that really seems to have been the case for my two sisters and me. it's almost as if there is a certain, key age that everyone has to reach in the sibling group before they can genuinely start to turn their attention toward others. also a big factor? it was not until about 10 years ago that all three of us (i was the last, but am the oldest) had received Christ as Lord and Savior. :) thanks for sharing, Lindsey!

i wonder if for most siblings, it is not until the point when all have reached their early 20′s that relationships trend toward the better. that really seems to have been the case for my two sisters and me. it’s almost as if there is a certain, key age that everyone has to reach in the sibling group before they can genuinely start to turn their attention toward others.

also a big factor? it was not until about 10 years ago that all three of us (i was the last, but am the oldest) had received Christ as Lord and Savior. :)

]]> By: *~Michelle~* http://www.lindseynobles.com/2009/08/mutual-respect-admiration/comment-page-1/#comment-492 *~Michelle~* Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:33:40 +0000 http://lindseyreadenobles.wordpress.com/?p=503#comment-492 So happy I blog hopped over here! :) I do not have a sister.....I only have an older brother who does not wish to have anything more than an acquaintance style relationship with me as well. It saddens me, but it also drives me to make sure my children always know that family comes first, even with the wrestling matches, back of the head slaps and name calling. God loves unity and family.....so thankful that you and your sister are cherishing each other. The differences in your lives can pull you closer with the admiration and respect for each other. well, unless you are dangling 15 feet. peace and love~ *~Michelle~* So happy I blog hopped over here! :)

I do not have a sister…..I only have an older brother who does not wish to have anything more than an acquaintance style relationship with me as well. It saddens me, but it also drives me to make sure my children always know that family comes first, even with the wrestling matches, back of the head slaps and name calling.

God loves unity and family…..so thankful that you and your sister are cherishing each other. The differences in your lives can pull you closer with the admiration and respect for each other. well, unless you are dangling 15 feet.

peace and love~
*~Michelle~*

]]> By: lindseyreadenobles http://www.lindseynobles.com/2009/08/mutual-respect-admiration/comment-page-1/#comment-488 lindseyreadenobles Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:32:56 +0000 http://lindseyreadenobles.wordpress.com/?p=503#comment-488 Amen! But I think I appreciated the closeness know, knowing the distance that has been there. Amen! But I think I appreciated the closeness know, knowing the distance that has been there.

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