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@ceaseless-prayer Huh. It did that to me a couple days ago. Weird.
Ah yes, the Stewards of the Pen thing. I wish I had social media just so I could promote this awesome place. 🙂 I’ve been here for about six months. It’s crazy though, because I FEEL like I’ve been here forever, and have known these people my whole life.
Nice, so you’re the oldest of nine? That’s so cool. It’s weird sometimes; I know so many people, on KP and in real life, who have 6-10 siblings, and I only have two. XD I’m the youngest—my brother is two years older and my sister is four.
Yeah, me too! I’ve wanted to be more involved before, just busy…
It is fun. It’s nice to have so many KPers with big families, most people think it is weird, or at least odd. Do you enjoy having older siblings? I always wanted some. I kind of adopt my friends’ My best friend is the second youngest of eight, & we’ve been BF since K-5, so I don’t think her sisters mind me “adopting” them 😉 Did you ever want younger siblings? At least, you’ll probably get nieces & nephews before you’re too old. 😉 How old are you?
Older siblings are fun. But you know, my siblings are so close to me in age that it’s not really like having older siblings, if you know what I mean. We’re more like partners in crime. 😉 And hey, adopted siblings are almost as good as the real thing, am I right? I also know a family with eight kids (how coincidental is that? XD), three of which are younger than me, and we all pretty much pretend that I’m one of their older siblings. It’s fun. I just can’t understand why people wouldn’t want big families.
I’m sixteen. You?
Yeah, I do, I don’t really feel like my eighteen & sixteen-year old sisters are younger than me. I’m 20, so, your sister’s age? 😉 Yeah, almost. 😉 We have a wonderful church where we are all really close, kind of like a big extended family. Where do you guys go to church? Me neither. I think it’s wonderful!