The fam

What is it that drives one sister to wear her heart on her sleeve with her parents, and the other sister be so private with the same parents?

My sister came down to visit tonight and we spent a couple of hours talking about this. We had the best chat we've had in ages actually. We're getting more and more similar as we get older. But she continues to be able to share really openly with mum and dad, and I don't. I love them and want to be close to them and all that, but I've just never involved them in anything particularly private or personal. Jules always has, even more so the last 5 years.

Turns out this has been a topic of family conversation for years between the 3 of them. But I never knew.

I think part of the answer is that I often feel like there's significant parts of my self and my life that my family don't understand, so rather than constantly fighting those battles, I issued Restricted Access passes.

So this year, I'm going to try and trust my family with my heart more.