You're More Than A Sister To Me

It's my big sisters birthday today! As I was sorting through some of my things this week in preparation for our next move I came across this poem she had written for me and given to me on my birthday in 1998. Each paragraph documents a different place in our childhood. The 1st is Senegal, Africa, the 2nd is New York and the 3rd is Florida.

You're More Than a Sister to Me

Crystal Day

2-14-98

It's raining

Let's run in the rain

And play in the mud as we used to

Think back to the times...

The times we would dress up, play house

Or pretend we were princesses

Yes, we would fight

Yet together we often made quite a sight

I remember the bike rides and climbing trees

Both things made our hair blow in the breeze

Princesses

It's snowing

Let's slide down the hill

To us this is all new

'Cause times are different

And seasons have changed

But we can enjoy the changes

If we go through them with God and each other

Though changes will be many

One thing won't change

Your my sister

And of that I am proud!

Crystal and I one Christmas in New York.

It's hot

Let's go to the beach

We can chase the waves

Later we can look for dolphins

We'll swim now

As we feed the sea gulls

We look at each other and know happiness

It's this season in our life

That I have found we can really talk

I pray and hope you truly understand

You're more than a sister to me

Sunset at Honeymoon Island.
(Crystal took this photo)

Love you Sis! Happy Birthday!

...now where did I put those tissues?