My sister Clara and I have always been close, even with a six-year gap. She\u2019s the youngest, and my mom has always been more protective of her\u2014but I never thought much of it.<\/p>\n
Until last week.<\/p>\n
We were both pregnant, due a month apart, joking about raising best friends. Then one night, I went into labor. I called my mom, and she said she was on her way.<\/p>\n
Minutes later, Clara called\u2014her water had broken.<\/p>\n
My mom didn\u2019t hesitate. \u201cI\u2019ll go to Clara first. She\u2019s younger. You\u2019ll cope on your own.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was the first time it truly hit me.<\/p>\n
I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Holding her should have been pure joy\u2014but part of me felt empty. I texted my mom, excited to share the news.<\/p>\n
Her reply broke me: \u201cYour sister\u2019s baby is so beautiful! You have to see her! I\u2019ll come after she\u2019s settled.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n No \u201cHow are you?\u201d No acknowledgment of my baby.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve been home for a day now. She still hasn\u2019t come. Just a casual text: \u201cHope you\u2019re doing well.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n I haven\u2019t answered.<\/p>\n I love my sister, and I am happy for her. But I can\u2019t ignore this pain. My mom was there for my first birth\u2026 but not this one.<\/p>\n So now I\u2019m left wondering\u2014do I finally say something\u2026 or accept that I was never her priority?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My sister Clara and I have always been close, even with a six-year gap. She\u2019s the youngest, and my mom has always been more protective of her\u2014but I never thought much of it. Until last week. We were both pregnant, due a month apart, joking about raising best friends. Then one night, I went into …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5500,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498\/revisions\/5500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}