Today is my sister's birthday. I cannot believe she is 27 already! It seems like only yesterday we were fighting over the "My Little Pony" castle!
It seems so funny. When we were young I complained about my bratty little annoying sister always wanting to follow me around. I was a little bitter; being the middle child and all. My “baby” sister always got her way. She got to stay out after the street lights came on. She didn’t have to eat the Brussels sprouts at Thanksgiving. . . It wasn’t fair! I remember thinking “I can’t wait until I move out and don’t have to deal with her anymore!” But an interesting thing happened. I started to miss my sister. I actually wanted her around! (I keep trying to tell my girls that one day they will feel the same, but they just can't see it!)
Now that we are adults and have lives of our own, I can’t imagine not having my sister in my life. She lives in Texas right now, so we don’t see each other often, but I can’t go long without talking to her on the phone or email. The immature fights have turned into interesting conversations. Who else can you talk to about your quirky family? (No one else really understands!) Who else listens to your endless stories about your kids and husband? Who else remembers you every year on both the happy occasions and the sad anniversaries?
I have a strange addiction. I like to hide and jump out and scare people. Especially my kids. Sometimes I laugh so hard I almost pee my pants! Well, it all started with my sister. We shared a room a lot of the time and I would try to coax her to the room under the guise of “I want to play with you!” I would hide around the corner and call down the hall to her. She would yell back “You’re just going to scare me!!!”. “No I’m not!” I would say, “I just want to play a game with you!”. She was a trusting little sister and she always came. I was an obnoxious older sister and I always jumped out and scared her. Those were the good old days!
Happy Birthday to my little sister!
From your obnoxious big sister! I Love You!
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12 years ago
1 comment:
I finally made it!! I'm on the blog!! I'm famous!!! :-) You know it's amazing that I can trust anybody at all after you. Maybe you're the reason I don't really like scary movies. You're right, though, those were some pretty good days! Love you!
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