Happy Birthday Meister

Today is a special day for me.
It is my sister's birthday.

When I got married, she was only 4 years old and at that time,
I only knew this bratty squirt as a royal pain.

I was her third parent and hated the responsibility.

We seldom talked, with little or no interests connecting us.

Fast forward 17 years.

Probably out of obligation, she asked me to be in her wedding.

At that moment in time, we realized.....
"You do that too?"
...we had more in common than we knew.

Thus a bond was formed.

Together, since then, we often
Giggle

(twice we've whispered long into the night in a double bed
with 3 sleeping children in the room),

Solve world/family issues

(if only everyone were like us...it would be Utopia) 

Cry

(the pain seems less when we share the burden)

  Scream

(once, yes recently, during a nightmare,
she pulled me out of bed, onto the floor, and landed me on top of her)
 Lose our way
(we've spent more time than I'd like to admit trying to find
Unnamed Road
...and we're still looking for it)
and Laugh and Laugh and Laugh
(it's of highest security what we laugh about).

I suppose all sisters experience this sister bond,
but I can't help feeling my sister is the best.
She is everything I'm not.
And that is probably why I love her so.

I know no one as compassionate

 (no wonder she's a nurse...her concern envelops you).

I know no one as passionate

(don't get in her way if you say something offensive about her children or sister).

I know no one as good a listener

(always willing to share her shoulder).

I know no one as selfless 

(unconditionally, she puts others first).
She is a fabulous
Mother, Wife, Aunt, Daughter, Sister, Nurse, Student and  Friend.

I could go on and on about this sister of mine.
I feel blessed that we are making up for lost time;

and cannot imagine not having her input in so much of my life.

Happy Birthday to the "Best-est" Sister :)

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