Daily prompt : My Precious

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family, postaday2013, sisters

Who is the person in your life who can do no wrong? Describe this person and tell us why you hold them in such high esteem.

Aside from my two babies, because that is too easy and aside from my little baby boy Jack, because again that is too easy. I have to say that it would be my little sister. I know that I am guilty of tormenting her when we were younger, that is what older sisters do, but I have always had a very protective streak when it came to protecting my little sister from others. I remember getting very angry and expressing my anger towards my mother when one night when my little sister was the last one at the table eating, as she was every night and my mother lost her patience and made her cry, my little sister started choking and I came to her defense. I don’t remember if or how much trouble I got into that time, but I didn’t like it when my little sister was beset upon, that was my job. I admit that I probably wasn’t a great older sister, but I took my responsibility of trying to look out for her seriously, at least from others.

Even back then I was proud of her, all of my former teachers loved her, she was adorable, quiet, a pleasure to have in class, hard working and listened extremely well. We went to the same schools, I was four years ahead of her so I would go visit my teachers and they would gush as to how delighted they were to have her in their class. It made me feel really good to hear them say that about my little sister.

And I am still so proud of her, I don’t tell her, but I am. She is smart, funny, beautiful, a great mother, a great wife, she’s great. I never worried about how she was going to make out in life, I knew that she would find her way and make it into what she wanted it to be. She did precisely that.

A wonderful visit with my sister

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family visits, nephews, nieces, postaday2012, sisters

Now that my baby girl is off at college, I don’t have to worry about getting someone off to school on time or fill out all the first day of school forms that all schools love to send home to parents just in case the parents feel left out or something. Those days are over for me, it does feel a little strange seeing all the hustle and bustle of the first week of school and I am no longer part of that ritual.

My sister invited me to come and visit the new house. She is finishing the last part of her internship in her nutritional degree program and she doesn’t go back until next week. So this week was ideal to spend time with her, my brother-in-law and my niece and nephew. I get to relive the back to school ritual for a fourth grader and a kindergartner vicariously through my sister. She is diligently doing her parental homework as I type, the lunch for tomorrow is made, the teeth have been brushed and all school age children are in their beds.

I am missing my two little ones, the ones who live in my memories, but I think that it is the romanticized version that all parents keep in their heads to cuddle with when you miss them as you see them older and more independent, moving away from you and your help.

The freedom to come stay with my sister is great and I am having a lot of fun with my niece and nephew, we played monopoly this afternoon, I was on my best behavior. I played without bending a single rule, I notoriously ruined  monopoly for my little sister when we were younger, I made it so I always won, no game is fun when you always lose. I was so bad. My niece and nephew and I had a lot of fun playing and we are going to continue tomorrow.

 

Tonight before going to bed, we all played Sleepy Queen, a card game. My sister won fair and square and with that, everyone ready for bed. Today was a full day, the train ride to New York, picking up my niece from school with my nephew and my sister, playing games. I have become a light weight, lol.