sisters

I am the oldest child. Like many, I grew up under the expectation that I should be mature, my sister’s caretaker. I was classically anxious, organized, and bossy. My belief was that my little sister, who is three years my junior, was both my responsibility and my subordinate.We had epic,…

When my older sister called to let me know that the painful lump in her breast was not a clogged milk duct from nursing her newborn, my world shattered. My 31-year-old sister was diagnosed with stage 3C breast cancer.I immediately purchased a one-way plane ticket to stay with her and…