I am one of many. There\u2019s an Elder, an Heir, an Afterthought, and a Partial. Elder, of course, is awesome, as an eldest should be. Mini-adult, little Grown, from early on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Heir is \u2026 well, Heir. Entitled, selfish, as expected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Afterthought should not exist, as Partial, but both do, for whatever reason. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Afterthought is one parent\u2019s fault, Partial is the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Partial lives elsewhere, and is in touch with Afterthought and Heir, tho\u2019 not in that order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Partial chats with Heir and Afterthought \u2026 Afterthought and Elder are in touch, but Elder likes Elder\u2019s life, and Heir, Afterthought, and Partial don\u2019t have much of a role, there. Some, but \u2026 negligible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A parent died a while ago, and Elder, Heir, Afterthought, and Partial all came together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At that time, Elder, Heir, Afterthought and Partial understood the distance, and sought to maintain it \u2026 to a certain extent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Partial is likely the most mature of all the many, in some ways, but Partial\u2019s life is \u2026 complicated, self-inflictedly so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Partial recently updated Afterthought on an event in Heir\u2019s life (NDE? Maybe, pics certainly suggest so), and Afterthought felt a bit conflicted. After all, there is blood there, but not much else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is one required to care re the tragedies of a sibling with whom one has no contact\/connection\/communication?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the other parent dies, some of the many will likely come together again, but \u2026 not necessarily, because some of the many do not have contact with that parent, altho\u2019 likely have some claim to some of other parent\u2019s stuff \u2026 not much, but maybe. Other parent has nothing to do with some of the many (think: restraining order, police calls, banishment, oops) but deals on the regular with others of the many, so there\u2019s that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guess the question: Do we owe a debt to blood? Methinks not, but mealsothinks \u2026 maybe. Probably. {Genesis 34:27<\/em>}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am one of many. There\u2019s an Elder, an Heir, an Afterthought, and a Partial. Elder, of course, is awesome, as an eldest should be. Mini-adult, little Grown, from early on. Heir is \u2026 well, Heir. Entitled, selfish, as expected. Afterthought should not exist, as Partial, but both do, for whatever reason. Afterthought is one … <\/p>\n