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Sisters, sisters…

November 27th, 2007

…there were never such devoted sisters… Can someone (besides my sisters) name the movie this song was in?

I am so lucky to have grown up with sisters. Alicia and I are only 19 months apart and Katrina and I are 8 1/2 years apart in age, but I feel closer to them than to most of the people I went to high school or college with. Living with people definitely makes you closer to them, like it or not.

Alicia and I were involved in the same activities in high school – cheerleading, band, boys, er… friends. (No, we don’t have the same interests in boys, but we did like to talk about them a lot.) I think Alicia even accompanied me on my first date.. I can’t remember because we were still doing the whole “group dating” thing. She and I learned how to fight. Not physically, but with words and tempers and hormones and emotions. 5 minutes after fighting, we would hug and say we were sorry. But we needed to get things out of our systems, or whatever. I have called Alicia my Best Friend since high school. (Before then we were so stubborn because Mom always told us that our sisters would be our best friends.. we didn’t want to think that Mom might actually be right.) Alicia has stuck “closer than a [sister]” (Proverbs 18:24) through thick and thin… we have been through a lot together and I am a better person because of her.

Katrina and I are really just now getting to be “friends”. For a long time I felt like she was the little sister I needed to take care of, watch out for, and guard. But now that she will be 18 soon, I can’t do that forever. And I think she’s getting a little tired of me doing so. Alicia and I have many hilarious stories of things Katrina did when she was little… One day we’ll write a book and make millions. When Katrina was younger, I used to be annoyed by her, mainly because of our age difference and my inability to laugh at her humor. Now I can see that she’s probably the smartest and wittiest person I know. Her sense of humor is much more mature than her 17-18 years shows. Katrina loves to laugh and it’s so much fun to be in a room with her. She’s also very talented, especially with her voice. I have no doubts that she could be a performer on Broadway if she has the desire. I think right now she’s searching for what God wants her to do, and I have the utmost respect for her.

We took the above picture on Thanksgiving day because I realized that I don’t have many pictures of just the 3 of us. (We can make it if we try, just the.. ) I also am realizing that Alicia, being a senior at A&M this year, and Katrina, being a senior at Bryan High this year, will both graduate in May and be leaving town for a few years. I know I’ll see them occasionally, but this will be the last full year I’ll get to just drop by and see them whenever I want. Mom and I are going to be basket cases come next fall.

I could spend hours writing out funny stories about my sisters and me. They’re all hilarious stories, and some of them you probably just wouldn’t get unless you were there.. or unless you were a part of the “sister-hood”. I’ve been in a sorority. I lived in girls’ dorms. I’m a part of Moms’ groups. I study the Bible with other women. But none of these can compare to my relationship with my sisters. To Lee-cha & Treen-o, I love you!

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