Things I love....
I love my sister.
Seeing my sister today, and spending time with her made me realize just what a wonderful person she is. I hope that I can someday be half as loving and caring as she is, half as happy as she is when someone takes the time to simply say her name, and half as silly as she can be when we are giggling about "telling secrets."
She came in my room today, and layed on my bed when I was cleaning my room. We were listening to music and I grabbed her hands and started dancing (as much as we could), and we were singing (or what we consider singing at least), and when the song ended, we just kept laughing and couldn't stop ourselves. Before I knew it, I was crying...not from sadness, but from just the overwhelming happiness that was in the room. Now, I am not one to cry very often, but I couldnt' help it today. And an amazing thing happened. My sister stopped laughing, got really quiet and just looked at me, with those big blue eyes that she has. And it calmed me. My sister has that amazing power over everyone, she can influence you so well by the littlist things. One look from her can bring a smile to anyone's face.
I wonder what the world would be like if everyone shared the kindness and love my sister shares. Would we have wars if people giggled more often? Would we be able to sit by and watch children in the Sudan killed or children in Ethiopia starve if we loved everyone unconditionally?
I know I have said this before, but I wonder if one of the reasons God made my sister the way He did was so she could teach others about unconditional love. I have alot to learn from God and my sister.
And speaking of unconditional love...my sister was having some pain during dinner this evening, and my mom went to calm her down, and my sister bit her...and bit her HARD I might add, hard enough to bleed (Bridget has NOTHING on Krissy), but my mom still loves her.
Seeing my sister today, and spending time with her made me realize just what a wonderful person she is. I hope that I can someday be half as loving and caring as she is, half as happy as she is when someone takes the time to simply say her name, and half as silly as she can be when we are giggling about "telling secrets."
She came in my room today, and layed on my bed when I was cleaning my room. We were listening to music and I grabbed her hands and started dancing (as much as we could), and we were singing (or what we consider singing at least), and when the song ended, we just kept laughing and couldn't stop ourselves. Before I knew it, I was crying...not from sadness, but from just the overwhelming happiness that was in the room. Now, I am not one to cry very often, but I couldnt' help it today. And an amazing thing happened. My sister stopped laughing, got really quiet and just looked at me, with those big blue eyes that she has. And it calmed me. My sister has that amazing power over everyone, she can influence you so well by the littlist things. One look from her can bring a smile to anyone's face.
I wonder what the world would be like if everyone shared the kindness and love my sister shares. Would we have wars if people giggled more often? Would we be able to sit by and watch children in the Sudan killed or children in Ethiopia starve if we loved everyone unconditionally?
I know I have said this before, but I wonder if one of the reasons God made my sister the way He did was so she could teach others about unconditional love. I have alot to learn from God and my sister.
And speaking of unconditional love...my sister was having some pain during dinner this evening, and my mom went to calm her down, and my sister bit her...and bit her HARD I might add, hard enough to bleed (Bridget has NOTHING on Krissy), but my mom still loves her.