Happy Sibling Day!

By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
April 10, 2016 1:02pm CST
The Ratcliffe brothers and sisters: Front Row - Sherri, Julia, Shirley, Terri, Steve Back Row - Me, Jeff The people that had a major impact in making me who I am today. Unfortunately, we very seldom get together these days with everyone present. I want to say this was 2010, but it may have been 2011...last time all of us were together. I love this bunch and would do anything I can for them.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64350)
• United Kingdom
10 Apr 16
Do you live a long way from each other? 5 or 6 years is a long time to go without getting together. I have two sisters who live quite a long way away but we get together at least once a year.
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JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
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10 Apr 16
My oldest sister lives about 3 and a half hours away, and her job involves lots of weekend work
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MsTickle
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
11 Apr 16
Maybe you could organise a gathering every 2 maybe 3 years. Seems a shame to go without seeing each other.
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MsTickle
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
11 Apr 16
@JolietJake That's pretty good. There are still plenty of you to go round; add the spouses and kiddos and you have a real crowd.
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JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
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11 Apr 16
All of us but Julia get together for Thanksgiving and Christmas usually
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hora_fugit
@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
12 Apr 16
Whose hand is it there on her shoulder.... you are standing way behind. Lovely picture :) Us siblings rarely get one taken though these days we are meeting all together.
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JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
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12 Apr 16
It's a perspective thing, if you look at the bottom you can see by my shoes I am directly behind her
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much2say
@much2say (57753)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Apr 16
Nice! I didn't realize you had such a big family! What number are you in the line of siblings?
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JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
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10 Apr 16
I'm the third, I have two old sisters
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (52879)
• United States
12 Apr 16
Wonderful picture. You have a big family. I am the oldest of four.
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Scindhia H
@Scindhia (1906)
• India
11 Apr 16
Thats a lovely photo. Why don't you get to meet each other? Is distance an issue?
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JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
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11 Apr 16
My oldest sister doesn't want to make the 7 hour drive there and back in one day, and her days off normally won't let her spend the night here
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Always smiling
@allknowing (149188)
• India
11 Apr 16
Never knew you had a family this big. It was years ago that we got together - the entire lot. 5 girls and 3 boys. I have lost my 2 brothers and one sister since then.
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mammots
@mammots (3209)
• Philippines
11 Apr 16
You have a very good looking family.
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Jaymie Suh
@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
11 Apr 16
Wow, you have wonderful siblings. I only got one.
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hereandthere
@hereandthere (45633)
• Philippines
12 Apr 16
so you're the oldest son. hope you get together again soon. that looks like speedy gonzales.
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Yalul
@yalul070 (1713)
• Manila, Philippines
11 Apr 16
Oh wow. I did not even know that there's a "Happy Sibling/s Day."
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (357996)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Apr 16
Another lovely family group. Vince is one of 7, one now deceased, but we do manage to get together reasonably often. Everyone gets so busy but at least we are all in the one state with not too much distance between us.
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Reine25
@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
11 Apr 16
nice siblings you have there sir :D
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fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
11 Apr 16
I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters, I am the 2nd oldest. We get along pretty good, my one brother is in Alabama the rest of us are in Illinois, so we are able to see each other on a fairly regular basis.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (176789)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Apr 16
Great pcture! Thank you for sharing it with us. I am an only child. I had a stepbrother for seven years Pictures are great though aren't they?
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marguicha
@marguicha (227780)
• Chile
10 Apr 16
Happy sibling day for you. As for me, I am closer to my friends.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (54135)
• Canada
10 Apr 16
You're a good looking bunch, and you're lucky to be part of a loving family. My family no longer gets along, ever since my Dad passed away.
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Marlina
@marlina (154117)
• Canada
10 Apr 16
Too bad you can't get all together often. I can't either as we live too far from each other.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
10 Apr 16
I like this little bit of history for such days:
Perfect Day - Lou Reed & Bono & Dr. John & Elton John & D. Bowie & Duran Duran
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Perfect Day - Performers in order of appearance; parentheses indicate mute appearance, and dividers indicate verses/sections. Lou Reed Bono Skye Edwards (fro...
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Mike
@Mike197602 (15517)
• United Kingdom
10 Apr 16
I don't see my siblings enough especially when my one sister moved to Ireland. I see my other sister every couple of months which is good. Then there's the other sibs from my biological family that I've not seen for some time now...but that's another story
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