Dear Sister,
I just want you to know that I love you. I know you worry about our family growing apart since we are all living farther away from each other. There is a saying that I love and I wanted to share it with you. It says:
Family like branches on a tree; we all grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.
I know it is hard to be away from your family, but no matter where we go or what we do, it all comes back to family. We are forever. We will always be there for each other and no amount of distance can take that away.
And since I am the older sister, I am going to get kind of bossy, opinionated, pushy whatever you want to call it! Ready? Here I go, don't let other peoples opinions (including mine) determine your course in life. I read about Christmas and you being worried that someone would leave a rude comment about what you did or didn't get for your family. If I may be so blunt, screw them. Who cares what anyone else thinks. Now I know this is easier said then done, cause from time to time I struggle with it too. DON'T LET THEM WIN. Ready for another quote? Christopher Robin said this on Winnie the Pooh :)
Promise me you will always remember: You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined.
Cling to those that truly matter. You are loved, you are a Daughter of our Heavenly Father. You have your earthly family that cares and prays for you and a spiritual family that is rooting you on!
Love,
Your Sister
4 comments:
Your blog made me cry. It felt like good advice for me too. Love ya
Awesome! You are a good sister!
Isn't it wonderful that our Heavenly Father planned for us to have and love each other. Thank Heaven for family!
Thank you Carolyn. It isn't that I think we will never see each other or stuff like that. But I see how Newell's ffamily hardly does anything with the rest of us anymore and I feel like that is how it is becoming in our family. I mean unless Mom and Dad have a big thing going on most of us don't see each other. How often do we talk? That is what I am worried about. I don't want to come back for a visit and be with people who are strangers because we never care to spend the time to communicate. as for the other thing she isn't driving me away. It is my choice because I don't want to deal with the crap and I also don't want to make things harder on Les. After all the person who wrote that comment is his own grandmother. She is the one who when I was pregnant with Sam told us she wished he was still in Iraq because he was a better grandson to her then. I have had enough. I can either stay away from it or explode all over her. This is by far the safer and more Christ like choice. sorry for making this comment so long. Love you Sis! Thank you for caring enough to say something. I'll let you know that I cried when I read your post. Sorry it took me so long to respond but I had to get my emotons under control. Silly hormones.
It made me cry too. I was on my route when it came through to my phone. I had to put it away and finish later so I could see what i was doing.
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