If you are one of the lucky women in the world, you have a sister or two or, like me, three. How long has it been since you called her? How long since you let her know how much she means to you? When was the last time you wrote her a long letter? What was the last thing you saw and thought "I have to get that for my sister! She will love it!"?
Tonight I talked to my sister Rhonda for about an hour. We usually talk every Saturday night and we missed last week due to my crazy weekend activities. Tonight I didn't make it home from a community function in time for her call so I had to call her back as soon as I walked in the door. As always, she answered and said, "Hang up-I'll call you back." See, she has a plan where she pays one base rate for the month and can call long distance all she wants. So, we always talk on her dime.
We both agreed that two weeks without hearing each other's voice was just too long. We e-mail several times during the week and usually talk to one of the other sisters who can catch us up if we haven't talked to another sister. But, it is not the same as hearing her voice. Each one of my sisters can evoke certain emotions and memories just from the sound of her voice. I am most blessed to enjoy a best friends relationship with each of my sisters. It is interesting that the older I get the more I realize how much they have shaped me and made me who I am today. Sisters are your first playmates, your first friends, your first enemies, your first bodyguards, your first confidants. And, something tells me that mine will be my last of each of those roles, too. I plan to stick with them and I know they will do the same for me.
Nora, Rhonda, Debe - I love you.
6 comments:
Awww, Verla! I have only one sister & she's currently asleep on my couch. Me, Mom & Meg- daughters & mother are the bestest of friends :-) We give real hugs & kisses when we're together & laugh until tears stream at least once or twice during every visit. & then there are the daily phone calls...It's SUCH a blessing to have those relationships & know that they are real. Loved this post...
V - I texted you after I told the G's that I was pregnant!! Did you not get my text?! Or did you think I was lying? I tend to play tricks often. Anyway, I saw where you said you read it on Xanga and I was thinking, "Hmmm, I texted her!!" Anyway. Yay! I'm a pregger! :)
VERLA THAT IS A GREAT IDEA! Thanks; I am definitely going to do that soon!
Aww, how sweet! Sisters are a precious gift for sure.
We had a really good time. It was a good game even though we were up in the cheap seats. Their home games in OKC are much cheaper tickets than they were at the BOK so you should definitely try it sometime. It was neat to see Yao Ming in person-all 7'6" of him!
HAHA! Well, I wouldn't say it 'rolls' off the tongue, but it has a nice ring...That's such an interesting name :-)
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