God Blessed me with Sisters!

Finally my girls are getting to a precious time in their lives when I can watch and admire them being sisters. Caroline age 7 and Leah Beth age 10 are perfect ages to celebrate sisterhood.

I was one of the girls growing up that always wished for a sister. I thought it was so neat to watch my childhood friends Betsy and Mary Beth with their sisters. In fact, there were many times that I was completely jealous that they had sisters and I didn't. Not trying to take away from my one great brother, who we now call Uncle A. He is like having about six brothers all in one person!(just ask his wife) We were pretty close growing up since it was just the two of us we didn't really have a choice! I loved the way we were but it still didn't take away my desire for a sister! My mother, being the only girl of four brothers, totally understood my need for another girl. We were very close. She was the nearest thing I could get to a sister with shopping and sharing clothes. After I married Steve, I gained immediate sister in laws, Cheryl, Chrys, next came my brother's wife Cynthia, and last was Brandi. I love all my sister in laws and mother in law dearly and feel very close to each one of them. The Lord has blessed me with the best girl friends who walk through life with me and laugh and cry with me all the time! I have lots of sister substitutes! There really is a point to all this jibber!!!!

This morning the boys had already left to a wrestling meet when I woke to the sweet sound of two beautiful sisters singing "Love Story". My heart absolutely melted. They were dressing up in heels with make-up singing away. I get to experience sisterhood first hand in my own home. I feel so blessed.

After having two boys I was so excited to have a sweet little girl. Very soon after she was born we decided to have another baby hoping for a girl so they could be close in age just like the boys. 13 weeks and 2 days of being very sick with pregnancy I woke one morning and didn't get sick. I knew immediately something was wrong. I was always sick. A very long story that I will shorten....ultrasounds confirmed what I was right. The baby had stopped the process of growing. There was no longer a heart beat and I was having a miscarriage. I was devastated...wanting my LB to have a sister so bad....how could this be. Why me? All the emotion that comes with a miscarriage...came strong. It was one of the hardest times of my life. 10 months later we were given the green light and soon after that we were so blessed with a precious girl sweet Caroline. She was so worth all the pain and sickness- gestational diabetes, health problems. We finally had our sister! I think over the years of just being busy with kids I really haven't taken time to appreciate the girls sisterhood. This morning it totally hit me like a ton of bricks. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father trusted me with two of his daughters to watch grow and their sisterhood develop. And while there is so much to do, clean, and teach them-today-for no reason we will be celebrating sisterhood! No boys allowed!

We started with Jon and Kate plus 8, a beading session, a picture session, a shopping session, ice cream and cuddling on the couch while watching Love Comes Softly #6!