My Family

After class Tuesday I really started thinking about my family. We aren't a very affectionate group of people, but we have our own ways of showing how much we care and love each other. We are real big on joking around and poking fun at each other to where we can all laugh about it even the one who is getting made fun of. My parents got divorced towards the end of my freshman year of high school. To me I feel this brought me and my siblings a lot closer together. Although I do have to say my sister who is 4 years younger than me seemed to think everyone was out to get her. After the divorce it seemed like she came down with a bad case of "middle child syndrome" and it didn't matter what anyone said or did in some way it was being mean to her!! We learned to deal with her actions, and she has now gotten over it. I think though that we did a good job of sticking together trying to make her feel differently about the role in our family. We all had to step up some once the divorce came around because my mom couldn't do everything. Today we are a very close family, and we support everything that each of us do. My youngest sister is still in high school and playing sports so we try to make sure we are at as many games as possible. My brother and my mom both coach high school sports so we also try and support them by attending their games. My other sister and I also coach softball here in town, and so everyone makes sure they come and support us with that also. Since my sister who thought she had "mcs" has moved to college me and her have become very close. As far as the rest of my family goes we might not show affection in ways that most families do, but we know how much we care for each other by all the support we give in everything that everyone does!