By Colleen Sell
Nobody is familiar with a girl rather like her sister does - regardless of their variations, rivalries, or how some distance aside they might glide over the years. Sisters speak in confidence one another, percentage their such a lot intimate secrets and techniques, and depend upon one another for aid and information whilst every body else of their lives disappoints them.This specified assortment celebrates the particular dating that simply sisters proportion. The sisters in "A Cup of convenience for Sisters" take care of each other via stable instances and undesirable, supplying recommendation and a reassuring hug after they are wanted such a lot.
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He’d holler. Then would come my moment of crowning glory. ” “Okay, Daddy,” I’d say dutifully, handing him my cone to hold while I climbed over the seat. If I acci dentally kicked Molly or Rachel on the way over, well, that was just a bonus. The whole way home, I didn’t dare glance back at them, for fear their looks might actually kill me. qxd 38 � 7/18/2008 2:01 PM Page 38 A Cup of Comfort for Sisters deliberately subjected them to Torture by Ice Cream. Really, I was just a delicate eater, being oh so careful not to dribble ice cream on my chin or on Daddy’s car.
I realize with a pang that the child in the picture is Ann, that she is moving across the bridge from earth to heaven and that we are not waiting on the other side for her, but she will be waiting up there for us. I hope the angel helps her across. Surely her God will ease her pain and suffering soon. qxd 7/18/2008 2:01 PM Page 33 A Cup of Comfort for Sisters � 33 Ann, so devout and so trusting of God’s will, must suffer so, and I have long stopped waiting for an answer. While her deep faith has helped her through this, her suffering has accelerated the abandonment of mine.
In one, Ethan’s parents, grandparents, and I are gathered in a circle around him, on the day when he awoke with one of his eyes protruding. ” “The doctor will laugh at us for worrying,” we laughed—to prove that it was true—as we zipped him into his bunting and tied his hat beneath his chin. By that night he was sleeping in a crib in the Four West wing of Children’s Memorial. qxd 44 � 7/18/2008 2:01 PM Page 44 A Cup of Comfort for Sisters When my sister and I were growing up—less than two years and rarely more than three feet apart—we tried on motherhood every time we draped ourselves in our dress-up clothes.