Moving Day:( You Don't know what you got til' it's gone.

Let me start off by saying that that was first ever feeling symbol I have ever used - but the situation fits the first. My sister is moving out of state this morning. And although I did not think it was going to affect me I miss her already. I have only one sibling, a sister 2 years younger then myself. She is everything I am not, organized, put together, crazy smart and she cares about the little things. This worked well for us as business partners because when we were setting up our website she cared about all the details and language of the site, and branding us. All things that will be invaluable down the line. I did not realaize all of her work until this past week when I had to put together my site in a matter of days.
I did it, not as well as she did but it got done. But there lies the difference. I get it done, not pretty but it's done (Slacker Mom) she gets it done and it is gorgeous.
All that work I just did got me thinking about differences and strengths and weaknesses of people, but children in particular. I have 3 boys and they are completely different, they have similarities but that is because they are being raised in the same house. Think about it, 2 people have genetic traits and they marry. So your children inherit for better or worse these traits. My sister likes to say that we inherited every bad trait my parents have. It is a family joke but true. My middle son is emotional and never forgets anything.Guilty as charged!
So is that the common bond between siblings that are so different....the fact that they can commiserate over their parents bad traits? I think it might be and it seems to be just enough.
As I said in my first blog some of my favorite people are Type A mothers, wether they live here or somewhere else.