Celeste

A couple weekends ago a marvelous thing happened... all my siblings and my mother got together for dinner. We celebrated my sister Celeste's birthday! She's a special kind of person... reminds me of the kind of woman it took to cross the plains, to bear children before modern hospitals and drugs... she is the kind of woman the rest of us try to aspire to. You see we all try to have it all... each day as a woman you are called to act as a daughter, sister, mother, wife, nurse and doctor, veternarian, educator, gardner/farmer, auto mechanic, psychologist, chef, time management specialist... and so much more. Each night as I stumble into bed... I feel somehow I have fallen short and wonder how I could find the strength to be more like my sister. My sister inspires me. She is strong in many ways I will never be and it was a pleasure and a blessing to celebrate her. My brothers, sisters and myself left our hectic lives... even though it was only for a few hours, and allowed ourselves to be transformed back to less crazy days. We laughed and talked, reminisced and enjoyed one anothers company... it really was a marvelous time. It was soothing being around one another. I could tell others felt that way as well, the way we stood in the lobby, then on the curb for another while, not wanting the evening to come to a close... savoring every moment we had with one another.

A couple weekends ago a marvelous thing happened... we were reminded how special and fun we each were. Reminded of how much we love one another, and how much we still need one another. It's a good thing to remember.