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Thanksgiving without my sis


It finally hit me today that this will be the first Thanksgiving that my sister will not be in Georgia with our family. In her life of travel, she has missed a couple of Christmas celebrations but always been able to come home for Thanksgiving, amazingly.

It's not sad on one hand, because the reason she isn't coming home is because she's just begun a new job and also has friends and loved ones in her own community with whom she wants to celebrate. Having a job and an awesome group of people around her is fantastic and what we have all prayed for her in this stage of post-grad life. Those are two great reasons to stay there for the holiday.

However, it is strange to think that she won't be with us. I'm very grateful that she will be coming to Georgia for 10 days in December and hope to be able to spend time with her before Passion 2012.

Being only 2.5 years apart, we were really close growing up. We both were involved in the same activities in high school and had mutual friends through school and church. We even attended the same college for two years - a time that was very special. God has spoken to me and taught me so much through my sister. She truly set a great example for me - academically, socially, with relationships, and most importantly, in my faith.

I wish we could talk more regularly now. We are both busy people who live in different time zones, but I'd like to make more of an effort to have regular phone dates with her in the future. I smell a New Year's resolution... I know, I know, one holiday at a time.

Thankful for her and thankful to know that we will both be surrounded by people we love a week from today.

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