‘Sisterhood’ is not just a label that ties together a group of women in a 90s sitcom!

Hannah Stephenson-Kelly writes about the gift of having sisters, and brings to mind the sisters Jesus knew - Mary and Martha.

There is a scene in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women, in which Lorrie arrives at the March sisters door and finds it opened into a world of chaos, comfort, squabbling and affection. I have often thought that arriving at the Kelly household must have felt much the same.

As one of four girls, I know that my relationship with my sisters has been and continues to be some of the most formative relationships I have. Though we are all individuals within our own right, and at times come up against the reality of our differences, there is a deep bond and love that runs as a constant beneath the waves of these things.