Theme 14: Part I

Six, sometimes seven, live under the same roof.  Share the same food.  Sleep in different but similar rooms.  Wash in the same showers (but at different times).  Echo voices through the same halls.

If younger, run through the same fields.  If older, stand back and watch the fun.  Park vehicles in the same garage.  Throw bottles in the same disposable bin.  Complain about an empty fridge or cupboard.

Watch the same show on the flat-screen week by week.  Pet the same cats and dog.  Play the same keys on an ancient piano.  Strike the same soccer balls back and forth to improve on aim and strength.

Bicker about a dirty room.  Wonder the same thoughts as sickness comes and goes.  Gossip to old relatives on the phone when no one should be listening.  Or on purpose when knowing someone is listening.  Judge choices with bias to personal opinions.  Take sides when arguments arise.  Change sides when speaking with the other opponent.

Favor the youngest because he doesn't know any better.  Give the same advice as others make mistakes.  Yell, claiming what they do is always right, everyone else is wrong.  Star gaze on the same roof even when one parent has forbidden it.  Ground either of the sisters when poor decisions are made.

Pray the same prayers: when she is in the hospital, when he is ill, when her boyfriend drops out, when he moves back in with her, when she has lost a dog, when he works too much.

And through it all, love each other in the same unconditional manner: she, she, he, she, he, she--they.