My Sister

Just have recovered from the shock of knowing that my sister had a cancer scare for the past month. My mum, dad and sister decided not to tell me about it, till the test results were in. Thank God everything came out benign but still, I'm coming off a very big shock.

My sister is my best friend. She is two years younger to me and I can't imagine my life without her. Actually, I feel like we have grown even closer since I got married, because we now appreciate each other more. We talk on the phone nearly twice a week (often about nothing at all!). We share books, mailing them back and forth cross-country.

I understand my family's reason for not telling me, there was nothing I could have done and it would have just panicked me. But this whole scare seriously reiterates to me why I want to get back to the East Coast. I could have been there during this time, at least for moral support.

At this moment all I want to do is rush home and hug my sister and just keep her safe, as best as I can!

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connections can supply... ~Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, 1814

In the cookies of life, sisters are the chocolate chips. ~Author Unknown