Family is so important to me,
but today I want to focus on "SISTERS"!
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| This is a picture of my Mom and her older sister. Unfortunately, her older sister died in the great influenza outbreak shortly after this picture was taken |
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| When my Mom passed away in May 1994, we sisters put our hands together for this picture. |
My younger sister Marye had the photo framed and matted for me
with this inscription by Alexander Irvine in "My Lady of the Chimney" posted above it:
"...As gently as an autumn leaf falls, she laid her hand on Eliza's head.
"Ah woman, God isn't a printed book to be carried around by a man in fine clothes,
nor a cross danglin' at the watch chain of a priest.
God takes a hand wherever He can find it,
and just does what He likes with it.
Sometimes He takes a Bishop's hand and lays it on a child's head in benediction,
and then He takes the hand of a doctor to relieve pain;
the hand of a mother to guide a child;
and sometimes,
He takes the hand of a poor old craither like me - to give comfort to a neighbor.
But, they're all hands touched by His Spirit,
and His Spirit is everywhere lookin' for hands to use."
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| This past summer we got together in South Dakota for a reunion, and attempted to take a foot picture. My granddaughter took it with my phone camera, so the quality is not the greatest; but I can tell you that with the passing of time, we were in a much more jovial mood. Because of the magnification of the water, this is not the most flattering picture. ...My sisters will probably let me hear about it! |
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| Can you pick out who the sisters are in this picture? |
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| At the same reunion, we enjoyed a "Hot Rod" event that was held in the town where we stayed. My younger sisters and I were delighted to find a car that looked like the old "fishing car" that our brother had used to give us driving lessons. There was much laughter as we rehearsed the memories together! |
Yes, ...Thank you, God, for SISTERS!
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