The Friend Who's Known You Your Whole Life: Sisterhood and Becoming Best Friends

What happens when the person who’s known you your whole life becomes your closest friend—and what does it take to actually get there?This week I sit down with my sister Megan, the only person on earth who has seen every version of me—the awkward ones and the becoming ones—for a conversation I’ve been wanting to have for years. With a six-year age gap between us, we weren’t always close. We were siblings growing up in different worlds, and there were seasons where I wasn’t the sister I wanted to be. This is the honest story of how we found our way to real sisterhood and chose each other as friends in midlife.We talk about the camp summer where Megan wanted into my inner circle and I was too caught up in my own world to see her, the slow burn of becoming actual friends through motherhood, a fight in Chicago I’m not proud of, and what sisters bring to friendship that nobody else can. We get into aging parents, sister‐in‐laws who became dear friends, staying close across distance when life has taken you in different directions, and the Yeah, No, For Sure lightning round—including whether Dad actually likes me better.One of her answers surprised me. One made me emotional. And one involves Santa Claus, a boombox, and Amy Grant at Christmas.This episode is for anyone who has a sister they love, a sister relationship that’s complicated, or has ever wondered whether the person who’s known you longest could also be the one who knows you best.Join the campfire → yeahnoforsure.show Instagram → @theyeahnoforsureshowCome share your stories of sisters!