dual personalities

Sunday is my sister’s birthday and I wanted to be sure to wish her a happy one here on the blog. Although she has stepped away from writing here, she is still my dear dual personality and always will be. How blessed I have been to have her all my life. An acquaintance of mine once remarked that the greatest gift she ever gave her children was their siblings, and I agreed. I have told my own children this on numerous occasions so that they would make no mistake about it.

Today is far from Childhood –

But up and down the hills

I held her hand the tighter –         

Which shortened all the miles –

–Emily Dickinson

P.S. This poor kid sure comes by that smile honestly, doesn’t he?