On Mondays Little Sister calls me to see what I’m doing on Friday.
Or Saturday.
Or Sunday.
My little sister is a planner and she likes to know well in advance that she’ll have something to look forward to at the end of a long week teaching kindergartners to hola hoop in gym class.
So she might come over to help move cows, or have a margarita, to gorge on popcorn and watch a chick flick, play guitar or take a walk in the trees with our cameras.
Or we might go to town and dance to a band. Plan our next trip, make a big meal or just hang out in the kitchen catching up and watching funny videos of cats on YouTube.
Like me, Little Sister is easily amused.
When I moved back to the ranch for the first time after we got married seven years ago, Little Sister was still in high school, getting ready to graduate and make her way in the world. I got to go to her volleyball games, see her win Homecoming Queen, take pictures of her and her prom date and help at her graduation party.
When she left home I would go and visit her on the other side of the state and we would hang out at her favorite restaurants, catch her favorite bands, shop for clothes we couldn’t afford (while convincing one another that each purchase was an investment), go to movies and just be sisters.
Then I would head back to wherever it was I was living at the time and miss her face.
Well, now I don’t have to miss her face anymore. The changes happening in our Little Boomtown have made our once small town a enticing place to come back to work. It happened with Big Sister and now it happened with Little Sister and so, despite the odds, here we are, all together in a 30 miles radius, just close enough to borrow those shoes I helped her pick out, pick up Little Man for the weekend, swing by mom’s store with coffee and come over with guacamole and chips and be the kind of friends sisters were meant to be after they grow up and stop fighting so much.
I try to explain what it means to me to be close enough to these sisters of mine to watch them accomplish goals, fall in love, raise a family and be a close knit part of our own again.
I try to explain…
Coming Home: Rejoicing as little sister returns home
by Jessie Veeder
10/6/13
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Reblogged this on My Blog snuppy.
Jess once again you nailed it. I have an older and a younger sister…about 4 years either way. We are so different but love each other and share our differnces in remarkable ways. While differences many our similiarities always prevail. Thanks for putting it in your so well spoken words. Im glad that they have come home to your neck of the woods and you can share your lives. Long live sisterhood!!!