SISTER TIME
I LOVE MY SISTER. (I LOVE MY SISTERS! I LOVE MY ‘SISTERS OF THE HEART’). BUT YESTERDAY I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPENDING THE AFTERNOON WITH MY SISTER, PAULA.
PAULA IS AN INCREDIBLE PERSON. WE CALL HER ‘THE MIRACLE GIRL’. AFTER A PRETTY DEVASTATING, ABUSIVE 24 YEAR MARRIAGE TO HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED PAULA FOUND THE COURAGE TO START A NEW LIFE ELSEWHERE. ELSEWHERE HAPPENED TO BE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND NEAR HER BIG SISTER….ME.
SHE FOUND SOLACE IN THE FRIENDSHIP OF MY FRIEND AND PIANO PLAYER, ALBERT, AND THE BLESSING OF A SECOND CHANCE AT LOVE. YEARS OF STRESS MIGHT HAVE LED TO THE 4TH STAGE BREAST CANCER THAT COULD HAVE ENDED HER LIFE. BUT GOD HAD OTHER PLANS FOR OUR PAULA. IT IS A LONG, BEAUTIFUL STORY BUT JUMPING TO THE END ….PAULA RECEIVED A REAL MIRACLE AND A SERIES OF EVENTS HAPPENED THAT LED TO ALL OF HER TUMOURS DISAPPEARING. (CHECK OUT THE WORK OF DR. S. PANDEY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR AND HIS ASTONISHING WORK WITH CANCER TREATMENTS INVOLVING DANDELION ROOT)
PAULA HAS SINCE FACED MANY MORE TRIALS BUT HER FAITH IS INCREDIBLE, HER ATTITUDE AMAZING, AND HER LAUGHTER AND HUMOUR A HEALING BALM FOR ONE’S SOUL. SHE IS SUCH FUN!
WE ARE BOTH GOING THROUGH SOME STRESSFUL STUFF RIGHT NOW (SOME OF IT RELATED TO COVID WORRIES, SOME RELATED TO PAIN, OTHER THINGS GOING SIDEWAYS WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SMOOTH SAILING).
SO FINDING OURSELVES TOGETHER ON A SUNNY, FALL DAY WITH THE WHOLE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF US WAS SUCH A BLESSING WITH A WONDERFUL LUNCH, ICE COFFEES FOR THE ROAD, AND PHOTO OPS AROUND EVERY BEND. WE LAUGHED AT THE SILLIEST THINGS AS SISTERS DO AND FORGOT ABOUT EVERY WORRY AS WE BREATHED IN THE FRESH AIR AND WALKED THROUGH THE CRISP, COLOURFUL LEAVES.
SOON ENOUGH THE DAYS WILL DARKEN EARLIER AND EARLIER AND THE SNOW WILL WEIGH DOWN UPON THE LAND FOR MONTHS TO COME. THERE WILL BE BEAUTY THERE TOO BUT FOR NOW I AM LIKE A CHILD NEAR A PILE OF RAKED LEAVES. I WANT TO JUMP IN AND THROW THEM UP IN THE AIR!
I AM SO HAPPY I HAVE ONE OF MY SISTERS NEARBY AND I MISS MY OTHER SISTERS TERRIBLY. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU SO WELL…AND STILL LOVES YOU..HA HA.
