Category Archives: Sib Stories

Stories and narratives from siblings.

FILM: Jenks student Danial Gebreili’s documentary wins award

Posted on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

JENKS – When Jenks High School senior Danial Gebreili moved to Oklahoma from Iran six years ago, he knew no English. Now, he speaks the language – without a trace of an accent – and has won national recognition for … Continue reading →

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Film: “Raising Renee” to air on HBO2

Posted on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

When: on Wednesday, Feb 22 at 8PM Painter Beverly McIver was enjoying a skyrocketing career when she promised her mother, Ethel, that she would take care of her sister, Renee, an Intellectually and Developmentally Disabled adult. Years later, following Ethel’s death, … Continue reading →

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Caring for a sibling with developmental disabilities can be a lifetime commitment

Posted on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Katie Ketter loves to joke around at least a couple times a week with her big sister, Ashley Baldwin. “Recently we started swimming together at the Y,” Baldwin, 27, of Appleton, said of Ketter, 24. “Katie will stop over on … Continue reading →

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Story: My Brother’s Valuable Life

Posted on Monday, January 16th, 2012

Thanks Rachel Simon for posting this… -John ” How does one measure whether a life was a success, or a failure? Some would measure it by recognition, that is, how many knew the person’s name. For others, the measure of … Continue reading →

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Story: My Life So Far…

Posted on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Here’s a great story about siblinghood. Enjoy!- John “Looking down at my younger brother’s feet in the beach parking lot, I thought such whiteness existed only in the dead. It was a reminder that he didn’t get outdoors much, and … Continue reading →

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Story: Three Sisters, One Voice

Posted on Monday, December 19th, 2011

“When my sisters’ neurologist recently suggested I write about my personal experience in the setting of participatory medicine, I felt somewhat overwhelmed at the thought of having to tell a story that has taken 16 years to unfold. While it … Continue reading →

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New Film: A Sister’s Call

Posted on Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Thought some of you might be interested in this new film about siblings and mental illness… -John In 1977, Call Richmond disappeared. 20 Years later, his sister Rebecca found him homeless, alone and suffering from severe paranoid schizophrenia. Filmed over … Continue reading →

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My Sister, the Best Person I Know

Posted on Saturday, October 29th, 2011

In the beginning, she was my big sister: three years older, a head taller, and—I knew even then—not like the rest of us. As I grew up, she became my little sister, whom I protected from mean boys, the neighbor’s … Continue reading →

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Sibling Stories: The Science of Respect

Posted on Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

An new post at the Sibling Stories blog- check it out! Ever since my high school biology class I’ve known that going into science was going to be a hard road.  It was the first time I was taught that … Continue reading →

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Sister’s Advocacy…

Posted on Friday, September 16th, 2011

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