FAMILY STRIFE

As a child my Father repeatedly told my sister and me that we should always love and be good to each other. He said, “After Mom and I are gone, all you will have left is one another.” Little did he ever dream he would be right. My sister never married and my ex-husband and I divorced many years ago. Although I have children and grandchildren, they have lives of their own. So, as Dad said, it is just my sister and I.

Unfortunately, like many other discordant familes, my sister and I now have a very poor relationship. Neither of us is faultless -- we have both wronged each other. And what a shame as I remember so many good things about my sister. Most recently she helped me launch a caption contest on my website www.FunnyPhotosContest.com a photo contest for cute or funny photos and photo captions and I greatly appreciate all she did.

And though I wish we could reverse the damage we’ve done and the pain we’ve inflicted on one another, I don’t know how.