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Ciara's Ramblings and Whatnot: FF 54 and Fatherhood Friday #17

  • Vicki · 5 months ago
    How sad!!! Hope you and your brother make up and that all the kids start being treated equally !!!!
  • ciaraj · 5 months ago
    We'll see how it goes. I'm going to Vegas on Sunday. Thx :)
  • Alice Audrey · 5 months ago
    If he's willing, then I think it would be good to see your brother. But then, I tend to think more of family than perhaps I should.
  • ciaraj · 5 months ago
    don't know if he's 'willing' per se, but prob best to mend fences now, eh?
  • CJ · 5 months ago
    Nice Flash 55. I read some advice about loaning money once, that I have always followed: Say "no" or give it as a gift without repayment expectations.

    My Flash 55 is here:
    Just Say "No"
  • ciaraj · 5 months ago
    well, i've always heard that loaning to relatives is a hells no! lol ok,
    well a 'no-no'. thx for stopping by :)
  • Hootin' Anni · 5 months ago
    Happy Friday Fiction!

    Mine's posted if you'd like to read 55 words of my encounter with the MIB!
  • ciaraj · 5 months ago
    thx...i'll be by to read yours soon. i'm a little behind with them again.
    ugh. :(
  • Jason · 5 months ago
    It kills me to hear this because I just can't understand it. My sister and I have always been close. It's been killing me that she's been in California for the last 2 years. They're finally moving back next month and I can't wait. It's not as if we ever talked every day or anything but I was excited that I'd have someone to get together with in the summers(she's a teacher) once I became a SAHD but then she went away.

    I really hope that you and your brother get together and can work through your differences because it's true, you will be all you have when the rest of your family is gone.
  • ciaraj · 5 months ago
    jason-my brother and i were close once, too....until he married HER. blah.
    we'll see what happens. thx :)
  • Fandango · 5 months ago
    Sometime I didn't talk to my sister for a hundred years but we always made up.
    Family is such a pain. A 55 is a good way to dump feelings
    <a
    href="http://dragonlairs.blogspot.com/"
    >HERE.
  • ciaraj · 5 months ago
    yes, sometimes certainly can be a pain. 55s are good for feelings good or
    bad, eh? thx :)
  • Mama Zen · 5 months ago
    That is sad. I hope that you and your brother are able to work things out!
  • ciaraj · 5 months ago
    we'll see what happens. i'm trying to get his cell phone # now. i just don't
    want to talk to my sil. lol thx :)
  • mytwodaddies · 5 months ago
    Life is short, and you have many people coming in and out of your life...but family will always be there, they may not "be there" the way you want sometimes...but their still family.

    Good luck with reconnecting with your brother. I think 3 years is 3 years too long.

    I can't wait to hear how it goes.
  • ciaraj · 5 months ago
    my dear sister-i don't have anyone coming in and out of my life. just cos
    you think i am like a revolving door in chat doesn't mean i'm that way irl
    lmao. seriously tho, i hope it works out. must chant *will ignore sil, will
    ignore sil, will ignore sil* thx paul xx :)
  • one prayer girl · 5 months ago
    I really liked your 55 a lot.

    As for your brother....you can take the actions to mend things as you are led to do, but his reaction you will have no control over. At least, down the road, your side of the street will be clear for having done your own part. Then....let it go. Just sayin....

    PG
  • ciaraj · 5 months ago
    i do believe that he wants to reconnect, just cos he's asked about me. i
    think it will work out if i get a chance to see him. i just don't have the
    desire to see my sil AT ALL. thank you for your kind words. :)
  • SurprisedMom · 5 months ago
    Oh, I hope you work out things between you and your brother, despite SIL. And I hope your nephew can forgive your SIL one day, because there will be scars. He sounds like a male Cinderella. Family is so important, a lesson I have been passing on to my girls. I hope they've taken it to heart. Good luck.
  • ciaraj · 5 months ago
    sm-i know my nephew loves his mom no matter what. kids are like that. good
    or bad. i just think he's going to be the one who really goes far in life
    and it will be because HE did it. on his own. guess we should cross fingers?
    i miss my nephew & niece. :( thanks :)
  • BellaDaddy · 5 months ago
    Have a similar situation myself. For you?: DO IT...like they say, blood is thicker than water...or self centered teacher wives ;-)
  • ciaraj · 5 months ago
    can your situation be worked out? i'm going to try. we shall see. thx :)
  • jadey73 · 5 months ago
    Hi Ciara,

    Ciara I am so sorry to hear that you and your brother have not talked in three years. It is so very sad what money can do to people. Unfortunately you guys haven't spoken or had a relationship in that time. I am hoping that when you get to Vegas all can be talked over and worked out. Things need to be talked out and hopefully all can be forgiven. Life is way too short to let something like money come between the two of you. I hope he is willing to meet up with you good luck and best wishes. My 55 is up.
  • ciaraj · 5 months ago
    jadey-you know, i think whatever is between my brother and i is partially
    built up by what we hear has been said...among other things. i think we can
    recover. we shall see. ty for the wishes :) i'll be by sometime today to
    read your 55. i'm slacking again lol :0/
  • Apok · 5 months ago
    If your brother gives you shit, you should throw rocks at his car.
  • ciaraj · 5 months ago
    nah, i can just let his wife back into it, like she did w her car in their
    own driveway one day lol glad to see you around apok. kiss the babies for
    me. :)
  • mona · 5 months ago
    Awww. I can so relate to that one...!
  • ciaraj · 5 months ago
    it's a shame we have to relate at all, isn't it?
  • Jason @ The Devoted Dad · 5 months ago
    I feel your pain. My brother goes through long spurts where he doesn't talk to any family for years, then suddenly he's back like nothing happened. I've grown used to it and accepted it. I'll leave messages that are short- "just checking up on you" 's. He just came back into the family's life a couple months ago. Moral of the story- in the end I will know I did my part. -Jason
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  • Jeve (aka John and Steve) · 5 months ago
    Great story. You shouldn't feel guilty that you cannot 'return the favor'. Helping each other should be an act of love. I'm sure if you could you would.

    Your SIL sounds awful...the stuff that inspires books like Harry Potter and fairy tales like Cinderella.

    Hope you and your bro connect in Vegas.
  • MomsJournal · 5 months ago
    Poor kids. That's so sad. I hope you two get in touch and maybe have some time to hang out without your SIL meddling.