Leaving Younger Siblings

[MissScripture]

[quote name='JTheresa' timestamp='1283310525' post='2166158']
Thanks MS. I must say, I was looking forward to your response, because I knew that your sister just entered, and you were really close with her. It seems like we have almost the same situation, definitely similar feelings, but flipped, as you said. And i like the random crazy memory idea. We have so many its ridiculous!! we cant even bring up our inside jokes around our friends because they are too crazy to explain!!
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I was thinking about it, because I want to do the same for my sister, since I've teased her about how she's going to do or say something really odd because of one of our inside jokes and everyone will just turn and look at her like she's insane. Also, even knowing how much my sister loves me, it was nice to hear her tell me I'd always be her favorite sister.

[Nunsense]

One of the hard things for those entering convents is giving up the little family 'inside jokes' and shared history, but this does start to develop with the community over time, like any family.

The opposite side of course is the pain for the family being left behind, they lose a part of themselves, no way to get around that really. And the person who has left misses out on all the 'new' shared family history and jokes.

All in all, it is a very painful process, a bit like giving birth, but the joy of the new life somehow makes it all worthwhile in the end for the one entering, and for the family left behind there are innumerable graces as well, but these are not always apparent at first glance. The most important one, of course, is that it can lead to a greater closeness with God on the part of those left behind, as they rely on Him more for comfort.

Sacrifice is painful... for everyone involved, Remember how Our Blessed Mother must have felt when her Son left her to return to the the Father and ask her to intercede for everyone in your family, and for you as well. Jesus can deny her nothing.

prayers for you all