Hey Soul Sister....

Yesterday, one of my clients and I were talking about facebook and she was all bummed that her sister that lives in another state and she rarely sees asked to be her "fb friend". At first I thought she meant her sister IN-LAW b/c it's kind of common to not care for your in-laws, or so i hear....(i love all mine, btw). As she kept talking I realized she was talking about her real, whole sister that she was raised with and I was shocked that she didn't even want to be fb friends?? Of course I don't know what happened in their lives that put this great distance between them and I didn't ask...(i'm not one of those gossipy hairstylists :D) but how do you get to that point?

I have 2 sisters, Alecia, the oldest, and Rachel the youngest, which naturally puts me in the middle. I don't complain about that though, I LIKE being the middle child! I don't whine about being forgotten about or try to claim the middle child "syndrome" because that just wasn't the case in our household. I have to commend my parents for that I guess, they were always fair and never showed favoritism. I am the only one of us 3 who has and older AND younger sister--and I'm the only one who IS an older and younger sister! That's pretty darn special if you ask me!

Don't get me wrong, we had our share of fights growing up! Alecia hated sharing a room with me b/c we were like "The Odd Couple", she was neat and organized and I was messy and lazy....and there was that time we were playing with the Ouija board and she fussed at me for laughing and i hit her in the nose with it. Boy did it bleed!!! And of course there was little Rachel who was 6 1/2 years younger than me that got on my nerves sometimes because I was older and "cool" and she seemed to follow me around. We didn't get in as many fights but she STILL reminds me of the time I kicked her in the ankle with my boot.

Of course, there were the good times too, like when Alecia and I would walk to Nannie's on the trail from our house to go play--or Christmas mornings when we would wake up early and discuss exactly when we should go peek--or the day we got to meet the little red wrinkley baby that was our new sister. And then treating that sister like she was my very own baby doll--riding her on the go cart--having "sister bonding night" when I was in high school.....

Now that we're grown, we've become friends and although we have very different opinions on things, we respect each other......we may share the same parents but, come on, we're not clones! We've made a lot of great memories together since we were adults too. We went on several sister trips through the years that I wouldn't trade for the world.

Who but a sister can understand EXACTLY what your past was like...because they were there---who but a sister can you truly be yourself around? Who but a sister can you make fun of your parents with? :D Who but a sister can you talk to for an hour about absolutely nothing? Who but a sister will still be there when your parents are gone?

I'm sorry for my client that she doesn't have this with her sister. It is a special relationship that shouldn't be wasted but should be protected. I'm am very blessed to have my sisters, I wish we could all spend more time together but it seems like we get caught up in life and time flies.......maybe it's time to plan another trip?!