Siblings in the United States will celebrate the special bond shared with one's brothers and sisters on the occasion of Siblings' Day on Friday, in the spirit of other days celebrating familial relationships, such as Mother's Day and Father's Day.
The idea of a National Siblings' Day was promoted by New Yorker Claudia Evart, who lost her two siblings.
10 April marks the birthday of Evart's late sister Lisette, according to the website of her organisation, Siblings' Day Foundation.
Evart set up the Siblings' Day Foundation in 1997, and since then, Siblings' Day has come to be marked across most states in America.
Here are some warm and funny sayings about the bond siblings share:
My siblings are my best friends." - America Ferrera
A sibling is your only enemy you can't live without." - Anonymous
Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero." - Marc Brown
Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet." - a Vietnamese proverb
I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea." - Dylan Thomas
Your siblings are the only people in the world who know what it's like to have been brought up the way you were." - Betsy Cohen
First a brother, then a bother, now a friend." - Anonymous
How do people make it through life without a sister? - Sara Corpening
Sometimes siblings can get into each other's space. - Gisele Bundchen
Sibling relationships outlast marriages, survive the death of parents, resurface after quarrels that would sink any friendship. They flourish in a thousand incarnations of closeness and distance, warmth, loyalty and distrust." - Erica E Goode
