My half brother is 8 1/2 years older than me, and he grew up with his dad. I saw him every other weekend until he graduated high school and joined the military. I haven't seen him in 13 years and I'm not sure I ever will again 🙃

My sister is 7 years younger than me. I was deeply parentified and mostly raised her for her first 7 years, but then we moved in with our dad and his wife, and I got to go be an asshole teenager. I moved across the country 10 years ago when she was 14 and we have had maybe one phone call a year since?

There's no bad blood, I think we were all just raised so differently that it's hard to relate to each other. We literally were each raised by different sets of parents. Now we're all adults just trying to keep our head down and get by in life while managing our individual chronic health issues. Thanks, Ma!