Ted, Ted, Ted

With all the nice calls and emails from my sisters and brother on my birthday, you would never guess how fiercely we fought when we were growing up. I like how easily we can talk to each other now, more like old friends than like people whose top preoccupation for ten or 15 years was to bother and vex and generally thwart each other in every way we could think of. It makes me despair a little less about Laura and Lilly’s constant sniping. I have to admit they don’t really seem to put the same vigor and dedication into their fighting that we did. They’ll probably end up just fine with each other. Now if I could just figure out a reliable way to tune it out until that happens.