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Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
35 Interesting Questions You Never Thought To Ask Your Sibling But Should
You and your siblings may have grown up in the same house and shared the same parent or parents, but that doesn't mean you experienced those first chapters of life in the same way. Maybe you were close when you were little but drifted apart as you got older; maybe you were sworn enemies when you were kids but now you're tighter than ever — or somewhere in between. Regardless of how well you think you know each other, there's a good chance you've only begun to scratch the surface. We've compiled 35 conversation-starting questions — along with help from psychologists Rebecca Leslie and Erlanger Turner and therapist Nicole O-Pries — that can help deepen the bond you share with your siblings. Ask your brother or sister some of these during your next phone call or family visit. You might be surprised by their answers. 1. What would you change, if anything, about our experience growing up? 2. What do you admire most about Mom and/or Dad? 3. In what ways did Mom or Dad let you down? 4. What's something you wish you could have told me when we were kids? Why didn't you tell me then? 5. How could I have been a better sibling to you when we were growing up? 6. What's your favorite childhood memory of us? 7. What's the worst fight we've ever had? 8. Who was the first person to break your heart? 9. Were you ever bullied? Did you ever bully anyone? 10. What's my most annoying habit or quality? 11. What memory of us still makes you laugh? 12. Do you think our parents had a favorite kid? If so, who and why? 13. What was your biggest insecurity as a teenager? 14. How did you lose your virginity? 15. What's your love language? 16. If you had a Saturday with no plans, how would you spend it? 17. What event in your life has had the most significant impact on you? 18. What is your biggest worry these days and why? 19. Where's a place you wish you could live for a few months? 20. Do you consider yourself successful? 21. What's your hidden talent? 22. What's one healthy thing you do to manage stress? And one unhealthy thing? 23. Do you believe in God or a higher power? 24. What's something you wish more people knew about you? 25. What's the social or political cause you're most passionate about? 26. Who would you want to give the eulogy at your funeral? 27. What's a mean comment someone made about you that's stuck with you to this day? 28. What's the most rebellious thing you've ever done? 29. When do you feel the most confident? 30. How would you describe your relationship with money? 31. What song or movie scene makes you cry without fail? 32. If salary and experience didn't matter, what job would you most want to have? 33. If we could go on a dream trip together, where would we go and what would we do there? 34. How do you feel about getting older? 35. What's something that scares you now that you hope you do before you die? is an editorial series that explores practical ways to strengthen and deepen the relationships you have — or want to have — with the people in your life. 38 Questions You've Never Thought To Ask Your Mom But Should The Sibling Issues People Complain About Most In Therapy The Psychology Behind Why Adult Siblings Grow Apart
Toronto Sun
19-06-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Sceptres, Charge filling in rosters with PWHL player signings
Published Jun 18, 2025 • 2 minute read Ottawa Charge forward Rebecca Leslie (37) shoots while being defended by Minnesota Frost defenceman Maggie Flaherty (19) during the first period of Game 3 of the PWHL hockey finals Saturday, May 24, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. Leslie signed a two-year contract extension with the Charge. Photo by Bailey Hillesheim / AP OTTAWA — The Ottawa Charge have re-signed forward Rebecca Leslie to a two-year contract extension and forward Taylor House for another year. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account They were the first players to sign with the Professional Women's Hockey League team this off-season. Elsewhere in the PWHL, the Toronto Sceptres extended forward Maggie Connors of St. John's, N.L., for another season. Leslie, who is from Ottawa, had a goal and two assists in 27 regular-season games, and also contributed two goals and an assist in eight playoff games for the Charge. The 29-year-old scored two goals and had nine points for the Sceptres in the PWHL's inaugural season. Read More 'Since joining our team last season, Rebecca has been an instrumental part of our team on and off the ice,' Charge general manager Mike Hirshfeld said Wednesday in a statement. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'She's been heavily involved in the community, and she was one of our best forwards during our run to the PWHL Finals. She's an experienced leader in the locker-room. She's got good hockey sense and she's been great on the penalty kill. We're thrilled to keep her home for the next two seasons.' The Charge reached the five-game Walter Cup final before falling to the Minnesota Frost in four games. House, from Joliet, Ill., made the Charge as a training camp invite and began last season on the team's reserve list. Once activated, the 26-year-old had a goal and an assists in 15 regular season games, and appeared in five playoff games. Leslie and House return to a Charge lineup that has seven other players under contract for the PWHL's third season, including captain Brianne Jenner, Emily Clark, Gabbie Hughes and Katerina Mrazova, defenders Jocelyne Larocque and Ronja Savolainen and goaltender Gwyneth Philips. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. But a couple former Charge players signed elsewhere Wednesday. After two seasons in Ottawa, forward Natalie Snodgrass of Eagan, Minn., headed to expansion PWHL Seattle on a one-year contract. She compiled two goals and six assists in 44 games with the Charge. RECOMMENDED VIDEO Jincy Roese of O'Fallon, Mo., agreed to a one-year contract with the New York Sirens after two years as alternate captain for the Charge. Roese also represented the U.S. in the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. Toronto's Connors had two goals in 30 regular season games and added a goal and an assist in four playoff games. Connors accrued three goals and three assists in 24 games in her rookie season after Toronto chose her 62nd overall in the first PWHL draft. 'With her skill set, her potential and the fact she has been in our environment for the past two seasons, we believe Maggie will have a great season ahead,' Sceptres GM Gina Kingsbury said in a statement. Also, the Boston Fleet signed American forward Liz Schepers to a two-year contract after she won a Walter Cup with the Frost. The Fleet signed French forward Chloe Aurard to a one-year deal. The PWHL draft is June 24 in Ottawa. NHL Canada Soccer Columnists Canada
Calgary Herald
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Calgary Herald
‘We've been in these moments before': Ottawa Charge embraces do-or-die Game 4
Article content After dropping a triple-overtime Game 3 marathon in the PWHL finals, the Ottawa Charge is entering new territory as a franchise. Article content Having defeated the first-seed Montreal Victoire 3-1 in the semifinals, the Charge had yet to face elimination in a playoff game. On Monday night, the Walter Cup will be in the building as the Minnesota Frost can lay claim to the PWHL's first two championships. Article content Article content Yet Rebecca Leslie, tied for third in team playoff scoring, believes the group has been prepared for situations like these all along. Following starting goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer's injury on March 11, Ottawa sat five points out of a playoff spot with eight games remaining in their season. Article content Article content 'Our second half of the season has kind of been a do-or-die situation,' she said. 'We've been in these moments before.' Article content On the final day of the PWHL regular season, the Charge entered Toronto's Coca-Cola Coliseum needing a win to squeak into the playoffs. Katerina Mrazova scored in overtime to make it happen. The team won four of its final five regular-season games. Article content Not to mention rookie goaltender Gwyneth Philips, who gave up just six goals in those five games with a .949 save percentage. Article content In the post-season, few players have thrived under pressure as well as Leslie, who opened the scoring in both the clinching game of Ottawa's semifinal series and Game 1 of the PWHL finals. Article content Article content The 29-year-old Ottawa local also noted that many of her teammates have been exposed to more all-or-nothing moments than their male counterparts through Olympics, world championships and college national tournaments. Brianne Jenner, Emily Clark, Jocelyne Larocque and Ashton Bell are some of those players with big-game experience on the biggest stages. Article content Article content Clark leads the Charge with five points and scored the Game 1 overtime winner. Jenner is second in team scoring. Larocque and Bell have formed arguably the best shutdown tandem in the playoffs. Ottawa's best players have elevated their games, but more is still needed to unseat the defending Walter Cup champions. Article content 'Every game is kind of just a do-or-die situation for us,' Leslie said. 'We live for these moments, so we're excited to embrace it.' Article content Still, for all the clutch moments and experience belonging to the Charge, they've been equally snake-bitten when it matters most. Four of their seven playoff games have gone to overtime, and they've only come away victorious in one of them. Extra-time hockey was always a weakness for Ottawa in the regular season — they lost six out of eight games that went beyond regulation.
Vancouver Sun
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Vancouver Sun
‘We've been in these moments before': Ottawa Charge embraces do-or-die Game 4
After dropping a triple-overtime Game 3 marathon in the PWHL finals, the Ottawa Charge is entering new territory as a franchise. Having defeated the first-seed Montreal Victoire 3-1 in the semifinals, the Charge had yet to face elimination in a playoff game. On Monday night, the Walter Cup will be in the building as the Minnesota Frost can lay claim to the PWHL's first two championships. Yet Rebecca Leslie, tied for third in team playoff scoring, believes the group has been prepared for situations like these all along. Following starting goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer's injury on March 11, Ottawa sat five points out of a playoff spot with eight games remaining in their season. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. 'Our second half of the season has kind of been a do-or-die situation,' she said. 'We've been in these moments before.' On the final day of the PWHL regular season, the Charge entered Toronto's Coca-Cola Coliseum needing a win to squeak into the playoffs. Katerina Mrazova scored in overtime to make it happen. The team won four of its final five regular-season games. Not to mention rookie goaltender Gwyneth Philips, who gave up just six goals in those five games with a .949 save percentage. In the post-season, few players have thrived under pressure as well as Leslie, who opened the scoring in both the clinching game of Ottawa's semifinal series and Game 1 of the PWHL finals. The 29-year-old Ottawa local also noted that many of her teammates have been exposed to more all-or-nothing moments than their male counterparts through Olympics, world championships and college national tournaments. Brianne Jenner, Emily Clark, Jocelyne Larocque and Ashton Bell are some of those players with big-game experience on the biggest stages. Clark leads the Charge with five points and scored the Game 1 overtime winner. Jenner is second in team scoring. Larocque and Bell have formed arguably the best shutdown tandem in the playoffs. Ottawa's best players have elevated their games, but more is still needed to unseat the defending Walter Cup champions. 'Every game is kind of just a do-or-die situation for us,' Leslie said. 'We live for these moments, so we're excited to embrace it.' Still, for all the clutch moments and experience belonging to the Charge, they've been equally snake-bitten when it matters most. Four of their seven playoff games have gone to overtime, and they've only come away victorious in one of them. Extra-time hockey was always a weakness for Ottawa in the regular season — they lost six out of eight games that went beyond regulation. Katy Knoll's triple-overtime winner for the Frost marked Ottawa's second marathon loss this spring after an even longer quadruple overtime blow against Montreal in the semifinals. After playing four overtime periods, the mood in the Charge locker room was still remarkably positive — players were laughing over pizza and Gatorade, while defenders Ronja Savolainen and Aneta Tejralova ran sprints through the halls of Place Bell. If that wasn't relaxed enough, Leslie said the team's spirits were even higher after their most recent loss in Minnesota. 'I was a little bit more stressed for the Montreal game, because I just thought everything was on the line, but you realize that it is a marathon,' she said. 'Obviously it's a little frustrating at the beginning when you're just finishing off the game, but it's a series — you're not going to win or lose in one game.' In Game 4, that won't be the case. It's time to see which version of the Ottawa Charge shows up. 'You gotta choose how you respond,' Clark said. 'The story is still unwritten.'
Ottawa Citizen
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
‘We've been in these moments before': Ottawa Charge embraces do-or-die Game 4
After dropping a triple-overtime Game 3 marathon in the PWHL finals, the Ottawa Charge is entering new territory as a franchise. Article content Having defeated the first-seed Montreal Victoire 3-1 in the semifinals, the Charge had yet to face elimination in a playoff game. On Monday night, the Walter Cup will be in the building as the Minnesota Frost can lay claim to the PWHL's first two championships. Article content Article content Yet Rebecca Leslie, tied for third in team playoff scoring, believes the group has been prepared for situations like these all along. Following starting goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer's injury on March 11, Ottawa sat five points out of a playoff spot with eight games remaining in their season. Article content Article content 'Our second half of the season has kind of been a do-or-die situation,' she said. 'We've been in these moments before.' Article content On the final day of the PWHL regular season, the Charge entered Toronto's Coca-Cola Coliseum needing a win to squeak into the playoffs. Katerina Mrazova scored in overtime to make it happen. The team won four of its final five regular-season games. Article content Not to mention rookie goaltender Gwyneth Philips, who gave up just six goals in those five games with a .949 save percentage. Article content In the post-season, few players have thrived under pressure as well as Leslie, who opened the scoring in both the clinching game of Ottawa's semifinal series and Game 1 of the PWHL finals. Article content Article content The 29-year-old Ottawa local also noted that many of her teammates have been exposed to more all-or-nothing moments than their male counterparts through Olympics, world championships and college national tournaments. Brianne Jenner, Emily Clark, Jocelyne Larocque and Ashton Bell are some of those players with big-game experience on the biggest stages. Article content Article content Clark leads the Charge with five points and scored the Game 1 overtime winner. Jenner is second in team scoring. Larocque and Bell have formed arguably the best shutdown tandem in the playoffs. Ottawa's best players have elevated their games, but more is still needed to unseat the defending Walter Cup champions. Article content 'Every game is kind of just a do-or-die situation for us,' Leslie said. 'We live for these moments, so we're excited to embrace it.' Article content Still, for all the clutch moments and experience belonging to the Charge, they've been equally snake-bitten when it matters most. Four of their seven playoff games have gone to overtime, and they've only come away victorious in one of them. Extra-time hockey was always a weakness for Ottawa in the regular season — they lost six out of eight games that went beyond regulation.
