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Day 19 - Best Friend(s)

Best Friends
God has blessed me with so many wonderful friendships: from my days in German schools to college (both Word of Life and Liberty), from student teaching to teaching in Portugal and now Vienna.  I cherish and love my friendship with my husband and he's one of my best friends, but there is another friendship that I want to dedicate today's blog to.

God has blessed me with two big sisters and a special connection between all three of us.  I am so thankful for the friendship I share with my sisters.  I am so blessed to have my sisters be my best friends.  We have experienced so many wonderful and sometimes tough things together.  They are always there for me, no matter what I may need - advice, a laugh, tips, recipes, hugs, encouragement or someone to laugh at me. :) I cherish every time we can be together.  I wish it could be more, but that ocean between us makes visits trickier (and expensive).  I cannot wait until I get to see them again.

Here are some quotes that express a bit more how I feel about my sisters:

How do you people make it through life without a sister? - Sara Corpening

Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of.  You know whatever you do, they'll still be there.  - Amy Li

Sisters don't need words. They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks...expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbelief.  Sniffs and snorts and gasps and sighs...that can undermine any tale your telling.  - Pam Brown

There's a special kind of freedom sisters enjoy.  Freedom to share innermost thoughts, to ask a favor, to show their true feelings.  The freedom to simply be themselves.  - Anonymous

This last one is my favorite.  It says exactly how I feel about my sisters.  I love how we can just be ourselves together!  My sisters are a special gift from God and I am so very thankful for this gift!
I couldn't take a picture today, so I picked one from the summer I got married.  This picture includes two babies, yet to be born! :)  

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  1. LeannaNovember 19, 2011 at 8:03 PM

    Ugh - it didn't take my post ... Try again .... Said something like this ...


    Aaawww ... Thanks! I love you, too, and miss you and am glad to have you as a sister. Wish we lived closer, too ... I have so many FAVORS I'd ask of you! ;o)

    Love ya.

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