"I decided one day to put three of them together to see if I could make them all work and hopefully not poke my sister's eye out, " he said.
My mom had thought his yearly bonuses would be going toward college for me and my sister, but not only was my dad a big spender, unbeknownst to her, he had also been buying regular tickets to visit his girlfriend in Greece.
The day before had been my twenty-fifth birthday, and no one had remembered, not even Ginnie, my own sister, my Irish twin, eleven months younger than I.
"My sister was not a swimmer and did not know how to swim, and she would never go to another boat or to shore dressed in a nightgown and socks, " said Lana Wood, referring to theories that the actress may have voluntarily jumped from the boat, last year.
Every morning I wake up and remember my sister Mary does not have this day.
As I described in my first published short story more than 15 years ago, had my first and oldest sister not died in utero with her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck, I would never have been born because my parents were committed to a 2-child family.
Then, as my sister realized, since she was not comfortable with financial matters that meant she would not be able to educate her children.
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"I was careful not to celebrate too much because I knew how disappointed my sister was, " she said.
My sister and I stole furtive glances at each other, not sure how to answer.
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She's not just great artist but she's a magnificent human being and my dear sister.
Testifying from behind a screen at the Old Bailey, Ms Mahmod said, "I escaped what my sister went through, that's why she's not here".
You know, if my brother or sister had done it I would've told them not to do it either.
It's essentially me lending you money without having to worry about whether or not you pay me back because I've sold the IOU to my brother or my sister.
And one big thing is mentorship, so when you look around, I mean, honestly, even if you look at your family, you know, my sister understands what I do, but my brother, you know, not so much.
But that not only lacked originality, it also put too much emphasis on my own experience, versus my sister's.
When my sister asked her why she was just standing there, she said she did not have enough to pay the bus fare - the last time she used public transport, she had paid 1.5m Zimbabwean dollars.
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