Sunday April 17, 2011 Palm Sunday

My sister was taken on an emergency to the hospital on Thursday and I've spent the last few days with her. She is doing very much better and is at home, however we have all had a fright. My two sisters are my best friends and we are a very close family. I always enjoyed the privilege of being the youngest in the family, however sometime in my forties I realized that that pleasure has it's down side as well and that is that I will most likely be alone in my later years as one sister is 15 years older than me and the other is 16 years older than me. This means that most likely I will be left alone without them at some point. This realization has come as a blessing in the sense that I make more time here and now to spend with them. Rather than put off a casual dinner or vist because work has me bogged down, I reprioritize and make my schedule include even more visiting than usual. And overnight visits for a day or two together have become more common in the last few years. It's not like we live far, less than 30 miles, it's just that we all make a point to spend more time together. The bottom dropped out of the thermometer and we had snow flurries today and it's predicted to have a covering of snow overnight. Brrrrrr. Still, this is Michigan and I expect to get some rides in this week as we are supposed to have a couple of nice days later on in the week. The last several days have been cold, windy and rainy.