Book Excerpt

Committing to Reconciliation With a Sibling

Reconciling with an estranged sibling means embracing the present while accepting the past

Fern Schumer Chapman
Better Humans
Published in
5 min readApr 6, 2021

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A woman holding a cup and looking out the window thoughtfully.
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For the better part of 40 years, I had no relationship with my only sibling, my brother, Scott. I never knew why; we never spoke enough for me to find out. I ruminated endlessly. In time, I…

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