I stood outside my sister’s house by Corinne Chronopoulos

I stood outside my sister’s house, listening to her labor. There is a six-year difference between us, but she always felt like my older sister. While I was cautious and pragmatic, Emily financed her education with a credit card, launched a business, made a home for herself, and dared to have a child in the comfort of her bedroom. She never asked for anyone’s permission. It is a gift to love somebody like that. So, I was not afraid hearing her call out in pain, standing in the dark below her window, knowing she’d belong to this beginning too.

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I Stood Outside My Sister’s House by Sarah Sandback, view painting here —>