Sister Time

Far too often, I think that people take their families for granted. I know I am very guilty of this bad habit. So much has happened within my family that I often feel that it is better to stay away from all of the drama. Well, I went to lunch with my sister today, (something that hasn't happened in a very long time.) and I really enjoyed spending the time with her without others around. She's only 23, four years older than myself (although she'll be 24 this week!), and her son is just under a year a half, so for the past 17 months a lot of focus has been put on the baby and not my sister. I didn't realize how much had happened in our two lives during that time period. Today, we were able to share with one another what we have been doing with ourselves lately. I learned that she starts classes in two weeks to work toward a degree as an LPN. She learned that I am at the point in my life where I am stressing over post-college plans. (And as any older sister would do...she assured me that everything would work out just fine!) We were also able to talk about our plans for our futures. I learned that her dream is to one day work at St. Jude Children's hospital as a pediatric nurse (something I never imagined my sister doing, but something that made me so extremely excited to hear!) As we talked of course we laughed and made fun of each other a little bit, but all-in-all we had an awesome discussion! Sometimes I feel that I spend so much time with friends that I don't always take the time to be with my sister. I was very fortunate that we were able to "reconnect" today. Following the new year, I said that I wasn't going to make a new years resolution, but I think I'm going to resolve to spend more time with the person who knows me better than anyone, my sister!