Sisters

I am SO lucky to have the best 2 sisters in the world! The three of us are close - very close - and although we live in 3 different states, we stay in touch via phone calls, emails, and lots of pictures on Snapfish!

SO whenever there is an important occasion in the family, you can bet that the 3 of us find SOME way to be there together! Between the 3 of us, there are 8 daughters - yes, you read that right, no sons, all daughters! And the 8 daughters were all born within a 13 or so year span of each other so were pretty close in age! And yes, you can assume that there have been 8 weddings in the last 10 years or so and you can bet that us 3 sisters were there to support and help each other!

I was much closer to my older sister Patty because we were just 18 months apart and really grew up together! But as we all know, once you get out of high school, age just doesn't seem to matter much and it was then that I got much closer to my younger sister Teri! Now Patty has lived in Iowa all of her life and since she STILL lives in the town we all grew up in, numerous trips have been made back to Iowa. Teri, on the other hand, was not content to stay in Soldier, and has lived in more than one state! And of course, I have lived in several states also! But no matter where we hang our hat, we STILL get together whenever we can!

Besides the numerous weddings and other occasions, we always know we will see each other on "vacation" in February! When our dad died and left us his farm, we formed a corporation and as everyone knows, corporations are REQUIRED to have at least one meeting per year - our meetings just "happen" to take place in exotic locations! We do have a brother also so the 8 of us have our yearly trip to look forward to each February! It's just a great way to connect with each other and stay in touch! Of course 1/2 the fun is planning the trip!

Every time the sisters get together, we take a "Sisters" photo - how fun is that to look back over the old pictures and point out how much younger we're getting - ha ha!

Our most precious times together are reminiscing about our growing up years and it's amazing how DIFFERENT our memories are! Since both of our parents are gone, it's vital that we keep the memories alive and pass them on to our daughters!

Since all the daughters are now married (and I have to brag that all 8 of them finished college and over 1/2 of them have masters degrees!), grandchildren are becoming abundant so the main topic of conversation has moved from the happenings of the kids to the grandkids! We have fun comparing notes!

Last week's Iowa trip was a great excuse to get together once again! Even though our time was short, we made the most of it and even had time to have a short farm meeting about our upcoming trip next year!

So this blog is for you - Patty and Teri - who are there whenever I need a shoulder to cry on or to celebrate the birth of a new grandchild! I couldn't ask for 2 better sisters! Thanks for ALWAYS being close when I need you, even though you're far away!