You remember the cartoon. Big white bull dog and tiny annoying yapper. "what're we gonna do next, Spike? Huh? Huh Spike? Huh Spike?
Huh? Huh? Huh?" Then Spike would make one swipe with his big paw and send the puny mutt flying.
There you have a fairly accurate picture of my relationship with my kid sister. Man! Could she be annoying! And she did it on purpose, too! With her cartoonish sounding "Hiya, toots! Hiya Hiya Hiya!" or her singing "Red green and white, la dee da dee da! Red green and white, la dee da dee da" over and over and over and swinging her arms just to embarass me on the way to school. (I wasn't allowed to ditch her on the way)
I can remember her pummeling me with her tiny fists, screaming "This only counts for one 'cuz you're so much bigger and you hit harder and I can't hit as hard so this only counts for one!"
"OK", I'd say, "one," as I'd swipe her with my big paw and, you get the picture.
She was the good kid, I the bad. She'd threaten to tell, I'd threaten her life.
Once a bully was giving her a hard time at school. Once. I took care of it pronto and nobody bothered her again.
Remember, I was big for my age. I was tough, too!
Our parents argued a lot. Sometimes, they really scared my sister, and I'd duck into her room to comfort her as she cried.
One day I couldn't take it anymore, and the poor thing was crying so hard....... I ran out into the hall and told them they had to stop fighting, it was really hurting Debbie.
Didn't work.
They just argued about who's fault it was my sister was upset.
You can't win 'em all.
Deb was worried I was going to become like Alice in the Go Ask Alice Movie. Gotta love propaganda, huh? Well, Mom and Dad were worried, too. They would tell her, right in front of me, "Don't be like your sister."
She wasn't.
I got into some trouble at 15 and was sent away. (see The Dogma that Followed me Home)
For the first time, I couldn't protect my little annoying sister.
I'm not sure, but I think I actually missed her for the year I was away!
I'd like to tell you we were closer once I came back, but we weren't. She was growing up and wasn't quite so annoying.
Her drive you nuts manner was morphing into sheer comedy.
Think Robin Williams on coke. That's my sister. She's quick witted and hyper. She's not on coke, either, but she does take sudephed. She can't breathe without it.
Good thing she has all that energy, still after all those decades!
Debbie married a man with five llttle girls and she needed every drop of humor and hyperactivity to raise 'em!
We're both grammas now. She's really funny. Only annoys me when she mentions Jesus in every sentence in a conversation.
Actually, she's like sunshine on the rainiest day.
Fresh air in a stale room.
And I'm still bigger than her, too, so don't mess with her or you'll have to answer to me!
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I remember those troll dolls.... don't worry, they're gender neutral!
big grins to you and yours!
I was so touched by how you went into her room to comfort her when your parents were fighting. And I'm sorry, I know it wasn't funny to you, but I had to laugh when you said your telling them to stop didn't help because they just fought over that.
I could picture them saying to each other, "Now look what you did, you made Debbie cry!" And the other one probably said, "Me? I made her cry? Listen to how loud you're yelling!" Then the other one probably replied, "Well maybe I wouldn't have been yelling if you hadn't...." How do I know this scenario so well? Hmmm...Wasn't from my parents.
John, Robin Williams used to be on coke, now he's sober and not so, well, on coke!
Bonnie, it is very funny now, isn't it?
Thanks for the nice words, everybody.
Wow.! Thanks for the honesty here. Great story. John stole my comment about Rob Williams (always assumed he WAS on coke...lol).
I especially liked this part:
"I'd like to tell you we were closer once I came back, but we weren't. She was growing up and wasn't quite so annoying. Her drive you nuts manner was morphing into sheer comedy."
Very honest and real...Thank you, Doll!
David, do you know who's turn it is next week?
Spencer, this is part of the two words game. David started it!
Liked your stories, guys!
Lisa, I think it's universal! :)
Spencer - this is a part of the Two Word Challenge for the Week of February 6, 2006 - we will have a different Two Word Challenge each Monday. David L (AKA Dave) started it with Bottled Promise. It has been a lot of fun!
As the oldest sister, I used to dream of having a big sis like you. I'm 4' 11 and 1/2, and would have sold my soul in junior high for a protector!
Thanks for a great read!
Two Word Challenge for the Week of February 6, 2006