Mark your calendar! Next Monday, April 10th is Siblings Day - an annual celebration honoring the relationships of siblings. Initiated by Claudia Evart, a native New Yorker and resident of Manhattan, she instituted the day after losing her two siblings early in life.
Similar to Mother’s Day and Father’s Day - Siblings Day is intended to celebrate family. Sibling bonds are usually the longest relationship of a person’s life and typically much longer than a mother’s or father’s relationship. U.S. Census shows at least 80 percent of the population have a sibling and can participate in this celebratory day.
While siblings often have life-long relationships lasting from the cradle to the grave, their relationship will likely change in nature many times throughout the years. There may be an adversarial relationship in childhood that turns out to be the source of entertaining stories later in life; sharing memories and laughs about stories from the past. Sharing those and other memorable stories with family is a great way to strengthen the sibling bond and also provide a sense of closeness for extended family members and the next generation. Storytelling offers a glimpse into a time gone by and can be fascinating to the younger generation who likely has a completing different view of the world.
Alternately, as you age, lifestyle, emotional, and psychological choices can vary from your biological brother or sister. Personality styles, decisions made or life circumstances may distance you from your siblings. Typically, siblings are available for support when crisis situations arise.
Adulthood can afford siblings the opportunity to form closer connections. It’s important to connect with each other from time to time even if you don’t see eye to eye. However, those who cultivate a connection have a more secure adulthood and tend to face aging with ease, as opposed to those who hold onto childhood resentment and lose their relationship with a blood sibling.
Regardless of whether you feel blessed or annoyed by your brother or sister, Siblings Day is a fantastic opportunity to reflect on that relationship. Remember the great memories, consider your struggles, and reach out to reconnect if you’ve been out of touch. Have an honest conversation and express your feelings. It will undoubtedly be worth the effort as there’s no denying there is a special bond, creating a lifetime of joy and memories.
Siblings Day can be celebrated any way you choose - send a card, give a gift, make dinner, provide support, watch a movie together, take a walk in the park, etc. There are endless possibilities. The point is that you take the time to celebrate your sibling relationship and truly appreciate the value of the blessings given to you.
This blog brought to you by Team at Meliora! Let us explore a wellness plan of action that’s right for your company; we will assist with each step of building the concept to implementation; we work hands-on to find solutions to the following questions:
Why do we need a wellness plan?
How ‘well’ is our employee population?
How do we increase employee engagement?
Have we asked our employees for their input?
How were healthcare cost affected by our employee's health issues last year?
What were our overall absenteeism rates? And, how did this affect productivity?
Put our imagination, passion, innovation and creation to work for your company today - Call Bill Johnston at 817-546-2953 or via email at [email protected]
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Similar to Mother’s Day and Father’s Day - Siblings Day is intended to celebrate family. Sibling bonds are usually the longest relationship of a person’s life and typically much longer than a mother’s or father’s relationship. U.S. Census shows at least 80 percent of the population have a sibling and can participate in this celebratory day.
While siblings often have life-long relationships lasting from the cradle to the grave, their relationship will likely change in nature many times throughout the years. There may be an adversarial relationship in childhood that turns out to be the source of entertaining stories later in life; sharing memories and laughs about stories from the past. Sharing those and other memorable stories with family is a great way to strengthen the sibling bond and also provide a sense of closeness for extended family members and the next generation. Storytelling offers a glimpse into a time gone by and can be fascinating to the younger generation who likely has a completing different view of the world.
Alternately, as you age, lifestyle, emotional, and psychological choices can vary from your biological brother or sister. Personality styles, decisions made or life circumstances may distance you from your siblings. Typically, siblings are available for support when crisis situations arise.
Adulthood can afford siblings the opportunity to form closer connections. It’s important to connect with each other from time to time even if you don’t see eye to eye. However, those who cultivate a connection have a more secure adulthood and tend to face aging with ease, as opposed to those who hold onto childhood resentment and lose their relationship with a blood sibling.
Regardless of whether you feel blessed or annoyed by your brother or sister, Siblings Day is a fantastic opportunity to reflect on that relationship. Remember the great memories, consider your struggles, and reach out to reconnect if you’ve been out of touch. Have an honest conversation and express your feelings. It will undoubtedly be worth the effort as there’s no denying there is a special bond, creating a lifetime of joy and memories.
Siblings Day can be celebrated any way you choose - send a card, give a gift, make dinner, provide support, watch a movie together, take a walk in the park, etc. There are endless possibilities. The point is that you take the time to celebrate your sibling relationship and truly appreciate the value of the blessings given to you.
This blog brought to you by Team at Meliora! Let us explore a wellness plan of action that’s right for your company; we will assist with each step of building the concept to implementation; we work hands-on to find solutions to the following questions:
Why do we need a wellness plan?
How ‘well’ is our employee population?
How do we increase employee engagement?
Have we asked our employees for their input?
How were healthcare cost affected by our employee's health issues last year?
What were our overall absenteeism rates? And, how did this affect productivity?
Put our imagination, passion, innovation and creation to work for your company today - Call Bill Johnston at 817-546-2953 or via email at [email protected]
We Help You Engage Your Employees - Meliora - In Pursuit of Better
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