Earlier this week we celebrated "National Sibling Day." Have you ever heard of such a thing? Me neither. This is the first year I knew of it and wonder if someone didn't just post it and it went viral. How much time have politicians spent naming special days of the year?
Never-the-less, sibling day did get me some fantastic images of my brothers & sister that I don't remember ever seeing. Since Annie is in this picture, diapered and all, I am 6 plus however old she is and another month and a half. After me, there is Pat who is 5 plust however many months old Annie is, then Joe and finally Steve, who at the tender age of probably 3 and a half, is already on his cell phone.
Do you remember a funny little tool called the walkie-talkie? It let you go only so far away, but you could still talk to each other. This was a little better technology than the two cans & a cord and a starting point for Ham Radio Operators and futured truckers who ham it up on CB.
Now, Pat has the earliest styled bottled water hanging from his belt. Back then we called it a canteen and filled it with water, clipped it to our belts and then would hike the day away. Or hide so long at hide and seek that we would indeed need all that water. Joe has the biggest smile on and he usually did! It wasn't many years after this that his appendix burst and he missed a whole semester of school. But he's still here kick'n and with 3 kids too, George, Elyse and Adrienne. Steve;s
Amy & Katie (Steve & Wendi's girls)
Elyse (Joe & Nicole's daughter)
Adrienne & George (Joe & Nicole's kids)
Front seated, Steve, cousin Sue. Second row, Pat, Lynn, Cousin Danny and Joe
So, sibling day. How silly really... But it got me to looking at photos and thinking back on some of my childhood and it has been a pleasant addition to my week.
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