Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Thirteen

What do we Really Share?

 In 2021, when I said to Ernie, my sister, that I would like to talk with her, she said, “I haven’t agreed with you about anything in the last thirty years except the O.J. verdict.” That struck deep. It made me think. What did we share?

Once, at her house, she introduced me to a man who had run for governor of Idaho. He’d legally changed his name to emphasize his political position. 

He said, “I’m Pro Life.”

I said, “I’m pro-choice.”

“That’s okay. We can still talk,” he responded.

 When I approached my sister in 2021, asking for a conversation, she seemed to feel there wasn’t much to talk about. We were pretty clear on where each of us stood. When we did talk, it was mostly about family. 

In 2024, I still wish we could talk again. Maybe I would understand her better or she, me?