Sisters

It would have been nice to have had a sister or two but I really cannot complain as I had several very close and dear girl friends who were surrogate sisters in my lifetime. This week is 'sister's week' and the words are soft and special in the article that has been going around on the computer this week. I just had to laugh out loud at the picture of the two little girls showing off their finery and one in the pose of Marylin Monroe, the all time beautiful star of Hollywood who was touted as one of the most beautiful ladies of our time. Now there is room for arguments there, but it depends on our own idea of beauty. The old expression of 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' is more truthful as the physical beauty fades with age while the inner beauty shines forever. Check your girlfriends and sisters out and think about whether or not it is external beauty that draws you to them, or is it the inner beauty, the unselfishness, the love they exude that makes them close to your heart.

Like the bird with one leg housed in a shelter watched three tiny orphaned rabbits and reached out with its wing and sheltered them with love and caring. Sisters are like that. Just when you think you would like to smack them upside the head for being mean, selfish, not caring and whatever other words you can think of in your display of temper when angry with them or yourself, they come through with the understanding and caring that only sisters can bring. Some of my wildest and best memories are times spent with my 'sisters' who never tired of 'being there'. We all have them in our lives, so this week, take time to show them how much you appreciate having a sister.

Lunch out would be good, but if they are not physically close by, a phone call would be great so you can plot and plan some time to get together in the future. Don't let too much time go by, it has a way of going much too fast. To all of my sisters, which includes my daughters and my granddaughter, my heartfelt thanks for the sharing and caring . . . Je vous aime de tout mon coeur.