Quote Originally Posted by trickytiger View Post
...However, I'm both sarcastic and Scottish, and I don't like being messed with....
Dear Trickytiger. Me too. I swear it's genetic, we can't help our behaviour in these situations.

Dear V. Thanks for sharing. I have 3 siblings I feel that way about, the fourth, well...see below.

Dear Mimi. I understand. I have a sister I don't talk to, becuase I'm afraid of what I might say to her (see note to TT above), and it's all I can do to be civil. You can't choose you're family. It is soooooo true.

Dear Buddha of compassion, please guide me towards a place where I can see my sister's suffering and accept it as greater than I can ever understand and allow me to find some compassion for her, even though she self destructing and is messing up her own life as well as those of her children.