Toni Braxton shares stories about grieving her younger sister’s death 

In her first interview since the loss of her sister Traci, singer Toni Braxton is sharing how she and her family have been coping. 

Braxton appeared on The Tamron Hall Show Tuesday, where she talked about her younger sister’s death from esophageal cancer earlier this month. 

“I wake up every morning and I go, ‘Did I dream it? Did I dream it?’ and I have to remind myself ‘No, she’s gone but she’s been here with us for 50 years,’” said Braxton, the 54-year-old Grammy Award winner, according to People. “So I try to relish in that moment and try to smile about it and just be grateful for the time you have, and you have to always remember to be kind to one another.”

“We’re sisters, we’re always gonna fight,” she continued. “That’s what sisters do, OK, it’s a rite of passage to fuss and fight but in the end, we’re always there. We can be fussing and fighting with each other even on the show and we’d be right there, ‘OK, I’m bringing the kids over’ and not talk to each other, but we’ll be cooking together.”

Braxton added that she and Traci, four years her junior, had a very close relationship. She described them as “more than sisters,” and added that they were “like twins.” 

She also noted that she and her family feel “very fortunate to have had my sister with us for as long as we did.”