Sibling Rivalry

I have 5 siblings. One full sister, one half sister, one step sister, one half brother, and one step brother. But it's like we used to say there are no steps in our house and they aren't half either. We are all family, by blood or not. I like every family has there moments of fighting and disputes. While having a big family, we all learned to share and compromise early on. We each had chores and other things we had to do around the house. And even though we always did not see things eye to eye, we love each other. Sibling rivalry existed in moderation, though. It was mainly about grades and who got what for Christmas and Birthdays. There really wasn't other kinds of competition. We were all just trying to survive in our three bedroom and one bathroom house. I remember when we were all going to school, we had to schedule times when we could take showers. It was probably amuzing to our parents when we would "call" certain times in the morning. Some of us being forced to shower at night, mostly the youngest which consist of me and my younger sister Ashley. For most of our time living with my mother and step-dad, Ashley and I were the ones that felt left out. But at the time it was just that we didn't have the same privilages as the older kids. But that was mostly it. We never really fought each other and never complained about having a big family. We just figured we had more people to support us when we crashed and when we flew.