Sisters are everything

 Sisters..such a strange yet sweet relationship that someone created !! I was fortunate enough to grow up with 2 younger sisters.

When we were growing up, we all didn't call this relationship "fortunate". We had a love-hate but symbiotic  kind of relationship with each other. We shared clothes, shared room and closets, divided house chores where everyone picked what they liked to do, tolerated each other's that one "irritating" friend and kept her secrets but only because she knew some of mine too !! 

But as we started growing up, each one started having their own personalities, without even realizing, we started depending on each other - to complement us, to support us, to complete us and lend a shoulder when we struggled to stand up for our own self. And there were many many such moments...when each one of us was trying to lend a hand to support the family during our worst times, when each one of us was trying to find our footing into careers we wanted to land into. Every time, one of us stumbled or fell, the immediate reaction of other 2 was to pick that one up. Now, when I look back, that was the start of a different kind of relation between us.

Having said that, doesn't mean we didn't have fun with each other. Stealing remote control batteries when SRK movie was playing or making fun of Rishi Kapoor's sweater designs (my youngest was his fan at some point) or pulling my younger's sister by asking her to recite a Sanskrit shlok or giving her a number in hindi(she could not differentiate between Dhai or dhedh(2.5 or 1.5 in hindi)) ..these are still our usual jokes with each other. 

Then, life happened...we all got married..to 3 strangers and for a moment, each one of us panicked that it will all change !! But after a few hiccups and speedbreakers, we were back in our groove, lending an altogether different kind of support for each other.  And time has only cemented the foundations of our relationship. We have a telepathy for each other...No matter what is troubling me, I just need a chat with one of them and I can be back to being myself. We can read each others' emotions and know what's bothering the other. 

Life wouldn't be same if not for you, dear R and S.

And on that note, a very happy birthday to my sis !!

May always be laughing, giggling and spreading the cheer everywhere.