Giving love and getting love is the best thing life can offer us in any circumstances because love gives us that feelings of belonging. I grew up in an environment were love comes first helping us to see things in the way it should be.
LOVE MATTERS MOST:
Growing up amongst six siblings as the fifth child and as the 2nd daughter, I feel so blessed because of the love I received from my senior brothers and my senior sister while growing up. This position in a family of six siblings is a position anybody gets to enjoy if you find yourself in such a position where love comes first.
Although I was way too young because of the age differences of 4 years intervals among us all, I made sure never to abuse this privilege of being loved as the fifth child, making sure to abide by the rules in the family as to avoid being in anybody's bad book. This love was also extended to my junior sister as both of us were the last two among the six of us.
IS SIX A PERFECT NUMBER ?
Having siblings is the best thing that can happen to anyone while growing up because it helps us to know the right foot steps to take in situations and circumstances depending on our position in the family. Growing up among siblings is so full of fun despite the arguments, quarreling, annoying comments we encounter. For me it's all fun because I was younger whilst believing one must show respect to seniors haha 😃
I feel six siblings in a family is not too much and not too less going back to the days when parents believe in having many children which they believed to all be blessings from God, and not like in this 21 century, where we decide to have just one or two according to changes in civilization. Coming from those days six is just so perfect but not these days.
Looking at this number of siblings in a home we can see how the senior ones will have more responsibilities to take care of the junior ones and sometimes parents because of their positions in the family. If we are among the first and second child of the family, it's sometimes very difficult for us because of expectations from the younger ones, If we are among the juniors, we keep looking up to our seniors in times of getting assisted in one way or the other.
DIFFICULT PART OF BEING A JUNIOR AMONG SIBLINGS :
Although some of us may not experience difficulties as juniors among siblings, for me it was a thing. I was getting all the love from my senior siblings but the price is you have to carry out the house chores which is sometimes tiring. You must do the dishes, clean the kitchen and make sure to assist in cooking the meals for early dinners. Honestly speaking, sometimes it's tiring but I have no option then to be the good girl.
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Until after some years ,when some has to leave for the university, I got some time to do the things in my own way. You know our parents can be so understanding. Just make sure to do it in your own pace they believe. And so at a time it was only my junior sis and I. It became so memorable but I did miss them being around always.
And time passed. But during festivities, we were always in a high spirit of reunion.