Your Best Friend

A few weeks ago at my Mops meeting, our speaker spoke on helping brothers and sisters become best friends. She said that it is possible to do this. She reminds her children that they are each other's best friend. She said the sibling relationship is your first intimate relationship with a peer. It is a foundation for all of our healthy adult relationships. She encouraged us to be our kids' coaches not just referees. Respecting and loving your siblings throughout your childhood is a learned behavior because we are naturally selfish and sinful. But children are known by the way they behave, and our time with them is short so we must make the most of every teachable moment. A big thing that Billy and I hope to accomplish with our brood is to teach them to have a servant's heart with one another. We won't tolerate teasing, name calling, or any physical abuse amongst the kids. Sibling rivalry is a fact, but it is whether it lasts for the moment or for a lifetime that will matter in the long run. You can see from these pictures that Vivi and Isaac enjoy each other immensely now-even as babies!