PremiumCheyenne BuckinghamWashington Post·12 Jun, 2026 12:00 AM7 mins to readCheyenne Buckingham, right, and her sister at home in Columbus, Ohio, in 1999. Photo / Brook Buckingham via The Washington PostNot everyone communicates through language. Finding alternative ways to bond is simpler than you may think.
From a young age, I realised that my connection with my sister was fundamentally and profoundly different from my peers’ relationships with their siblings. Skye, who is two and a half years younger than
