Sisters ...

This is a post-weekend blog ... so no, not work-related. Lately weekends are all about friends and family. When I first started working at EducationQuest and has SO much to learn about the programs that I headed, I worked a lot of Sunday afternoons. As those of you who sneak into  your offices on Sunday know ... you can get an incredible amount of work done when you're the only one on premises. Plus I'm one of those neatniks about my desk ... yes, hate me now. I don't care if it's messy during the week but come Friday night, I want it cleaned off and ready for the new week ... weekly calendar carefully placed in the middle of my blotter (yes, it is nearly OCD-ish ... nearly but not ...) -- ready for Monday morning.

But this weekend was not about work ... my sister from Houston came a-visiting! She sees my mom regularly ... coming for a week at a time ... but they rarely have the time to come to Lincoln. Oh, I get to see Marie during "the girls' weekends," weddings, and sometimes ... to help out after surgeries! This weekend it was our pleasure to host Mom and Marie. So many good conversations! We were even able to talk about all the parents ... including her mom and my dad, who both died in January of 1970. The "folks," as we always referred to my mom and her dad, hadn't met yet but did later in the year. And by 1971, Marie and I were sisters ... ever after. 

Most people who know me say that they need a "dance card" to explain my family. I am replete with sisters ... and so grateful for each of them. I've lost one sister ... my sister Diane (we shared the same dad), have two "full" sisters, and two "step" sisters ... but the distinction is definitely without a difference. They are simply ... my sisters, whom I love and who, luckily, love me back. 

 So here's to sisters ... all shapes, sizes, and "relatedness." Here's to Sister Sledge, Twisted Sister and even the Andrew Sisters. And here's a youtube clip that reminds me of two of my other sisters ... singing our hearts out to this song!