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When My Sister Visits

written by Parita 9 Comments

The past five days were so fun and full of sisterly love!   And lots of food – just like Aek wanted!  But seriously, the days just flew by, and I was so sad when I dropped Aek off at the airport yesterday.  But we’re not going to talk about that right now.  We’re going to talk about what happens when my sister visits.

When my sister visits, I don’t blog.

When my sister visits, we eat a Mexican feast, including Mango Margaritas and made-to-order guac!

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When my sister visits, we find a new-to-me cupcake place that’s located dangerously close to my apartment.  And we become obsessed with the Samoa cupcake – yum!

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When my sister visits, we eat brunch at Yard Bird, shop on Lincoln Mall Road, and treat ourselves to gelato at 4D.  And just for the record, 4D was Aek’s idea!

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When my sister visits, we go for a run at 6:00 pm when it’s hot and humid out.  Not a great idea but fun nonetheless!

When my sister visits, we make homemade calzones, falafels, Thai veggie burgers, and chocolate chip cookies.  And we don’t take pictures of any of it.  Oops!

When my sister visits, we go to trivia with friends and rack our brains trying to answer all kinds of crazy questions!

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When my sister visits, we watch multiple episodes of Friends and laugh like crazy.

When my sister visits, I spill laundry detergent all over the carpet (will be expanding on this experience in another post).  No worries, there are no stains, and our apartment smells so fresh and so clean clean clean!

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And finally, when my sister visits, I feel blessed.  Smile

Written on August 1, 2013 Related:Family, Life

Sister Sister

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I had today’s blog post all planned out.  I knew exactly what I wanted to write about, but then I got home and checked my mail.  More on that in a minute…

Let’s go back in time for a few minutes, shall we?! 

It’s 1988, and a little girl, let’s call her Parita, just told all of her preschool teachers that her mom was having a baby.  The teachers were so excited because Parita’s mom hadn’t mentioned this wonderful news yet.  When the teachers saw Parita’s mom after school that day, they congratulated her on the baby.  All the hoopla caused a lot of confusion.  See, she wasn’t actually pregnant.  Parita made that up.  On the ride home, Parita was lectured on making up stories that weren’t true.  Her mom asked her why she said they were having a baby when that wasn’t the case.  Tearfully, Parita said it was because all of the other moms were having babies. 

Even little Parita believed in wishful thinking. Smile

That night, Parita sat in bed and said a little prayer. She asked God for a little baby brother or sister.  Correction, she begged.  It wasn’t fair that all of her friends had little babies at home, and she was all alone.

Well, fast forward to 1990.  This was the year Parita’s prayers would be answered and her best friend would enter the world.  This was the year her little sister was born!

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Growing up, these two shared a very strong bond.  Parita was just so happy to have a partner in crime.  Even though they very rarely fought and argued about stupid things, these two enjoyed each other’s company – sharing secrets, staying up late, playing outside, watching Barney and Arthur super cool TV shows together.

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Over the years, their friendship and bond grew stronger, even with major life changes taking place.  Parita went off to college, Aekta excelled in high school and then went off to Chicago for college, Parita moved to Tucson and then Boston for work, etc.  The distance kept growing, but these two remained close.  Even now, they both live their own separate lives, but they still make time for each other.  The laughter, the secrets, the TV watching, the late nights, and the playing are all still there.

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They even know when the other needs a few words of encouragement and love. 

See, when Parita checked her mail today, she found this…

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…a card from her little sister.  Even though they’re miles apart, Aekta can tell when her sister is stressed and needs to be reminded to stay positive. 

At this point, Parita wishes she could give her sister a big hug.  But she obviously can’t. 

Well, it’s a good thing Aekta is visiting in T-46 hours!!!  SmileSmileSmile

I love you, Aek!  You’re the BEST!  I can’t wait to see you VERY soon!

Written on August 1, 2011 Related:Family

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