30 days and change: Day 10

DAY TEN: Do you have any siblings? If so, did you get along?

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I have three siblings in total. My eldest brother, whom I grew up with, was in the same house. I also have a younger brother and sister (from Larry, my dad). I didn’t grow up in the same house as my younger siblings, but I went to elementary, middle, and high school. All three of us get along, but our varying connections show up differently.

my oldest brother and my niece.

My eldest brother helped craft a big part of my music tastes and overall “vibe,” and I would honestly say my love of the entertainment industry. My brother attending high school in the 90s really thrust me into all that was “hip” at the time. Being impressionably young, I drank in the many MTV Spring Breaks, so many episodes of ‘Uncut’ I had no business watching, and sparked my love of creative direction and curation. I couldn’t help but love the 90s and 2000s because of him. We aren’t the closest, on the phone each week or exchanging text messages. Although it sounds nice, I don’t know exactly what we’d discuss after a while. That doesn’t mean I shouldn’t do better, though.

younger sister & brother.

My younger brother is I feel the evil/dark/unhinged version of me. Athletic, unabashedly forward, and a little bit socially unhinged, he’s exactly who he is. Throughout high school, he had a reputation for being crazy. Most folks knew to not fuck with him, or there’d be problems. What those problems are, you’d have to push him far enough to find out. As far as our closeness, it's almost non-existent. I moved away from my hometown after high school and have been gone ever since. My younger brother, still in town, doing what he could to get by, had put a bit of a strain on how we communicated. Days go by, and we don’t reach each other, although I know I should make more effort.

My little sister is precious but flawed. She is such a free spirit, and I can tell she longs for a way to reach her potential but doesn’t have a roadmap to guide her successfully. She is funny, quirky, and really open to all things, which sometimes lands her in trouble. Some of these “open” moments still impact her life to this current day. She is also an amazing athlete and a bit off her rocker as well; she is my sibling of the three that I worry about the most. Life’s many vices can sometimes be a hindrance to her well-being, and although not as connected as we were once, I still keep her on my mind each day.