She

She is beauty.

She is patient.

She is my past.

She is my now.

She is giggles on the phone.

She is tears and "I wish I was with you right now".

She is "let's love our husbands better".

and

"Can you believe we are mamas to all of these BOYS?"

She is much anticipated visits

-and scouring the mall.

She is so many warm memories

-and the token "fight" once or twice a year.

She is my growing up years

figuring out life together.

She is 22 months older than me.

She is a big part of what continues to make Iowa still feel like home.

She is spiritual encouragement.

She is a hard worker

-pulling crazy night/weekend shifts

to help her family,

-for important things she is passionate about.

She has been known to drop everything for someone in need.

She is caring. 

She is giving.

She is real.

She is loving on children

and magic with the elderly.

She is funny

-like hilarious (especially after 11:00 pm).

She is my sister.

She is my best friend.

And today she is 31.

(And if the fact that I just declared her age to the world makes her mad -

She will call me.)


Perhaps we just got the token fight for the year over with...