Siblings Born Close Together Have Amazing Sometimes Heartbreaking Bond

For someone like me who was eight years apart from my only sibling, seeing this sibling love and closeness is really amazing. This is why the story by writer Simon Stephenson in The Guardian hit me so hard. The writer was 16 months apart from his brother and the two were raised like twins. But he lost his brother in the Thailand tsunami in 2004 and everything changed. Sometimes I worry that my two are too dependent on one another, but this story changes that. Stephenson says: It’s a beautiful essay that Stephenson has made into a book called Let Not the Waves of the Sea. His love for his brother was worth it and helped shape him into the man he is today. As I see my children grow up together, almost like twins, I wonder what they will be like. Will they go through a phase where they hate each other? Will they be as they are now forever — close, bonded, more like twins than mere brother and sister? I envy what they have. It’s special and beautiful. My heart breaks for Stephenson, but I appreciate his words. They give me a window into what my own children feel for one another. His loss is unimaginable, but that love is beautiful and something only siblings raised more like twins can imagine. When it’s at its best, they have each other’s backs. They stick together and support each other. No one messes with one without the other. It’s the kind of relationship we all wish we had and they were born into it. Stephenson was lucky to have had it for 25 years, and I believe that somewhere his brother is still with him in some way. Did you have your children close like this? Are they incredibly close?

title: “Siblings Born Close Together Have Amazing Sometimes Heartbreaking Bond” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-14” author: “Andrew Weidner”

For someone like me who was eight years apart from my only sibling, seeing this sibling love and closeness is really amazing. This is why the story by writer Simon Stephenson in The Guardian hit me so hard. The writer was 16 months apart from his brother and the two were raised like twins. But he lost his brother in the Thailand tsunami in 2004 and everything changed. Sometimes I worry that my two are too dependent on one another, but this story changes that. Stephenson says: It’s a beautiful essay that Stephenson has made into a book called Let Not the Waves of the Sea. His love for his brother was worth it and helped shape him into the man he is today. As I see my children grow up together, almost like twins, I wonder what they will be like. Will they go through a phase where they hate each other? Will they be as they are now forever — close, bonded, more like twins than mere brother and sister? I envy what they have. It’s special and beautiful. My heart breaks for Stephenson, but I appreciate his words. They give me a window into what my own children feel for one another. His loss is unimaginable, but that love is beautiful and something only siblings raised more like twins can imagine. When it’s at its best, they have each other’s backs. They stick together and support each other. No one messes with one without the other. It’s the kind of relationship we all wish we had and they were born into it. Stephenson was lucky to have had it for 25 years, and I believe that somewhere his brother is still with him in some way. Did you have your children close like this? Are they incredibly close?

title: “Siblings Born Close Together Have Amazing Sometimes Heartbreaking Bond” ShowToc: true date: “2024-08-26” author: “Emma Berry”

For someone like me who was eight years apart from my only sibling, seeing this sibling love and closeness is really amazing. This is why the story by writer Simon Stephenson in The Guardian hit me so hard. The writer was 16 months apart from his brother and the two were raised like twins. But he lost his brother in the Thailand tsunami in 2004 and everything changed. Sometimes I worry that my two are too dependent on one another, but this story changes that. Stephenson says: It’s a beautiful essay that Stephenson has made into a book called Let Not the Waves of the Sea. His love for his brother was worth it and helped shape him into the man he is today. As I see my children grow up together, almost like twins, I wonder what they will be like. Will they go through a phase where they hate each other? Will they be as they are now forever — close, bonded, more like twins than mere brother and sister? I envy what they have. It’s special and beautiful. My heart breaks for Stephenson, but I appreciate his words. They give me a window into what my own children feel for one another. His loss is unimaginable, but that love is beautiful and something only siblings raised more like twins can imagine. When it’s at its best, they have each other’s backs. They stick together and support each other. No one messes with one without the other. It’s the kind of relationship we all wish we had and they were born into it. Stephenson was lucky to have had it for 25 years, and I believe that somewhere his brother is still with him in some way. Did you have your children close like this? Are they incredibly close?

title: “Siblings Born Close Together Have Amazing Sometimes Heartbreaking Bond” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-07” author: “John Rempe”

For someone like me who was eight years apart from my only sibling, seeing this sibling love and closeness is really amazing. This is why the story by writer Simon Stephenson in The Guardian hit me so hard. The writer was 16 months apart from his brother and the two were raised like twins. But he lost his brother in the Thailand tsunami in 2004 and everything changed. Sometimes I worry that my two are too dependent on one another, but this story changes that. Stephenson says: It’s a beautiful essay that Stephenson has made into a book called Let Not the Waves of the Sea. His love for his brother was worth it and helped shape him into the man he is today. As I see my children grow up together, almost like twins, I wonder what they will be like. Will they go through a phase where they hate each other? Will they be as they are now forever — close, bonded, more like twins than mere brother and sister? I envy what they have. It’s special and beautiful. My heart breaks for Stephenson, but I appreciate his words. They give me a window into what my own children feel for one another. His loss is unimaginable, but that love is beautiful and something only siblings raised more like twins can imagine. When it’s at its best, they have each other’s backs. They stick together and support each other. No one messes with one without the other. It’s the kind of relationship we all wish we had and they were born into it. Stephenson was lucky to have had it for 25 years, and I believe that somewhere his brother is still with him in some way. Did you have your children close like this? Are they incredibly close?

title: “Siblings Born Close Together Have Amazing Sometimes Heartbreaking Bond” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-23” author: “Alice Ledet”

For someone like me who was eight years apart from my only sibling, seeing this sibling love and closeness is really amazing. This is why the story by writer Simon Stephenson in The Guardian hit me so hard. The writer was 16 months apart from his brother and the two were raised like twins. But he lost his brother in the Thailand tsunami in 2004 and everything changed. Sometimes I worry that my two are too dependent on one another, but this story changes that. Stephenson says: It’s a beautiful essay that Stephenson has made into a book called Let Not the Waves of the Sea. His love for his brother was worth it and helped shape him into the man he is today. As I see my children grow up together, almost like twins, I wonder what they will be like. Will they go through a phase where they hate each other? Will they be as they are now forever — close, bonded, more like twins than mere brother and sister? I envy what they have. It’s special and beautiful. My heart breaks for Stephenson, but I appreciate his words. They give me a window into what my own children feel for one another. His loss is unimaginable, but that love is beautiful and something only siblings raised more like twins can imagine. When it’s at its best, they have each other’s backs. They stick together and support each other. No one messes with one without the other. It’s the kind of relationship we all wish we had and they were born into it. Stephenson was lucky to have had it for 25 years, and I believe that somewhere his brother is still with him in some way. Did you have your children close like this? Are they incredibly close?

title: “Siblings Born Close Together Have Amazing Sometimes Heartbreaking Bond” ShowToc: true date: “2024-08-28” author: “Kenneth Rose”

For someone like me who was eight years apart from my only sibling, seeing this sibling love and closeness is really amazing. This is why the story by writer Simon Stephenson in The Guardian hit me so hard. The writer was 16 months apart from his brother and the two were raised like twins. But he lost his brother in the Thailand tsunami in 2004 and everything changed. Sometimes I worry that my two are too dependent on one another, but this story changes that. Stephenson says: It’s a beautiful essay that Stephenson has made into a book called Let Not the Waves of the Sea. His love for his brother was worth it and helped shape him into the man he is today. As I see my children grow up together, almost like twins, I wonder what they will be like. Will they go through a phase where they hate each other? Will they be as they are now forever — close, bonded, more like twins than mere brother and sister? I envy what they have. It’s special and beautiful. My heart breaks for Stephenson, but I appreciate his words. They give me a window into what my own children feel for one another. His loss is unimaginable, but that love is beautiful and something only siblings raised more like twins can imagine. When it’s at its best, they have each other’s backs. They stick together and support each other. No one messes with one without the other. It’s the kind of relationship we all wish we had and they were born into it. Stephenson was lucky to have had it for 25 years, and I believe that somewhere his brother is still with him in some way. Did you have your children close like this? Are they incredibly close?

title: “Siblings Born Close Together Have Amazing Sometimes Heartbreaking Bond” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-08” author: “Whitney Eason”

For someone like me who was eight years apart from my only sibling, seeing this sibling love and closeness is really amazing. This is why the story by writer Simon Stephenson in The Guardian hit me so hard. The writer was 16 months apart from his brother and the two were raised like twins. But he lost his brother in the Thailand tsunami in 2004 and everything changed. Sometimes I worry that my two are too dependent on one another, but this story changes that. Stephenson says: It’s a beautiful essay that Stephenson has made into a book called Let Not the Waves of the Sea. His love for his brother was worth it and helped shape him into the man he is today. As I see my children grow up together, almost like twins, I wonder what they will be like. Will they go through a phase where they hate each other? Will they be as they are now forever — close, bonded, more like twins than mere brother and sister? I envy what they have. It’s special and beautiful. My heart breaks for Stephenson, but I appreciate his words. They give me a window into what my own children feel for one another. His loss is unimaginable, but that love is beautiful and something only siblings raised more like twins can imagine. When it’s at its best, they have each other’s backs. They stick together and support each other. No one messes with one without the other. It’s the kind of relationship we all wish we had and they were born into it. Stephenson was lucky to have had it for 25 years, and I believe that somewhere his brother is still with him in some way. Did you have your children close like this? Are they incredibly close?

title: “Siblings Born Close Together Have Amazing Sometimes Heartbreaking Bond” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-13” author: “Marjorie Curtis”

For someone like me who was eight years apart from my only sibling, seeing this sibling love and closeness is really amazing. This is why the story by writer Simon Stephenson in The Guardian hit me so hard. The writer was 16 months apart from his brother and the two were raised like twins. But he lost his brother in the Thailand tsunami in 2004 and everything changed. Sometimes I worry that my two are too dependent on one another, but this story changes that. Stephenson says: It’s a beautiful essay that Stephenson has made into a book called Let Not the Waves of the Sea. His love for his brother was worth it and helped shape him into the man he is today. As I see my children grow up together, almost like twins, I wonder what they will be like. Will they go through a phase where they hate each other? Will they be as they are now forever — close, bonded, more like twins than mere brother and sister? I envy what they have. It’s special and beautiful. My heart breaks for Stephenson, but I appreciate his words. They give me a window into what my own children feel for one another. His loss is unimaginable, but that love is beautiful and something only siblings raised more like twins can imagine. When it’s at its best, they have each other’s backs. They stick together and support each other. No one messes with one without the other. It’s the kind of relationship we all wish we had and they were born into it. Stephenson was lucky to have had it for 25 years, and I believe that somewhere his brother is still with him in some way. Did you have your children close like this? Are they incredibly close?