Happy Sibling Day to My Sibs, " We Came Together"

Easter at 516

This poem is a perfect choice for National Sibling Day. It reminds me of when families get together and share stories.  The line I love is "it pulls around us like a drawstring, that time, when we come together." This often happens with us now when we get together for our weekly family dinner. Also, enjoy a collection of sibling photos. 

Eagle watching at Beauty Bay

All

all he would have to say is,

remember the time I came home

with a beard and Dad didn’t know me,

and we would all laugh,

Mom would say, just by your voice,

I knew your voice, and my sister

would say, the dog kept barking, and

I would say, that was the

summer I got a camera.

it pulls around us

like a drawstring, that time,

when we come together,

awkward and older,

our frayed conversations

trying to thread some memory

of each other,

one of us will only have to say,

remember the time you came home

from the bush with your beard,

and we were all easy again

with each other,

some will say how

Mom knew his voice, someone

will remember how the dog barked, I

will remember my new camera,

and we are a family again,

young and laughing on the front porch.

-Leona Gom 

At Grandma Woolum's yard with CheeChee

With us we remember the time Bill took Carol down the escalator at The Crescent in Northtown in her stroller.

We remember the time Uncle Jack jumped out from behind the couch in our living room.

We remember when Carol decided to shave and when she decided to cut her bangs.

We remember Dad spending eight hours in the kitchen making Tom and Jerry batter before Christmas and we were banned from the room.

We remember the time Bill and I were cleaning the garage and he cut his foot on a broken pop bottle.

We remember when Carol was born and we hiked up the trail to the hospital so we could see her in the nursery .

dinner at Carol's

We remember how we came together . 

We came together with Mom to help Dad during his last weeks of life. 

We came together when Mom had cancer. 

We came together with Mom when Bill had meningitis. 

We came together to cheer and support Carol many times when she performed on the stage. 

together at Auntie Lila's funeral

We came together during the last part of Mom's life when she needed more help. 

We came together when Mom transitioned to the rehab place across the street and did all we could to make her last time on earth as comfortable as possible.  

We came together when my husband Everett died. 

We had words that always made us laugh when posing for a picture. Here I believe we said, "Uncle D".

 

"it pulls around us like a drawstring, that time, when we came together."