Way back, when my kids were little...they sometimes got into fights with one another. I know, hard to believe, siblings fighting... I don't know why but somehow in the years in between I have forgotten how much or often they fought. My memory says it was very little, but my girls laugh and say wow, Mom, you really can't remember anything!
I was reminded that as fierce of friends as they are, my three kids did fight with one another and I apparently grew weary of it to the point I found a solution. Of course it was temporary because another week they were fighting again. But it would work at least for that day and saved my sanity.
So after all the pandemic, election, rioting garbage going on in our country I am asserting my Mom Power once again and warning the country. If you don't stop fighting I'll make you sing the Sister Song!
Now, the Sister Song was a feature of the old purple Barney Show. You remember Barney the Dinosaur don't you? My three kids watched it every day and since I was usually working or sewing in the same room as the television, I remember all the songs as well as my kids. There were two sisters on the show who would get into minor squabbles or fights, and Barney would have them resolve their issues by singing the Sister Song to each other. This Sister Song was written for the show by Phillip Parker, a man of extreme musical talent when it came to writing songs for programs such as Barney.
So when my kids would get into it, especially my two daughters, I would make them sit facing each other and sing the Sister Song until they burst into laughter. It always worked. They couldn't sit and sing this song without gradually smiling and laughing mostly because when your mom makes you sit face to face with your sister you' re always going to find something funny even if it's not the song you are singing.
My point is, I think it is time our entire country sits down and faces each other and sings the song. I am tired of the anger, bickering, and side taking that is breaking apart churches, families and friends. This is not what God intended when He created us people! We are a community, a nation of human beings created in God's image and we don't very much look like Him right now.
So I don't care which side of anything you are on... sit down right now and look someone else in the eye and sing this song! Momma said to do it and you are going to do it.
If you don't know the words, they are printed below, if you don't know the song (shame on you) but here is a link to the youtube video. I mean it, we cannot go on being humans with each other if we don't stop this fighting. We are family people! And we're going to act like it...NOW!
you don't have to hold hands, but you do have to look at each other!!
Lyrics to the Sister Song by Phillip Parker
Sometimes we're real close friends.
We stay up late and talk at night.
Other times we don't get along.
There are even times we fight.
But I know she's always there
And I know she'll always care
She's my sister.
I love my sister
I've given her a great big hug.
When she was feeling bad.
And then again I've said some things
That have really made her mad.
But I know she's always there
And I know she'll always care
She's my sister.
I love my sister
But I know she's always there
And I know she'll always care
She's my sister.
I love my sister
She's my sister. I love my sister
