Happy Birthday, S.I.S. (Simply Incredible Sister)

Tomorrow, Oct. 21, will be my sister Christina’s 37th birthday. Sorry I don’t have any photos of her on disc (and I don’t have a digital camera) to post on my blog. For a photo, view her blog at: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/quietcajun/
We were always very close goring up. We used to have this corny saying that we are as alike as sibling and sister, but as different as day and night. This actually describes us quite a bit. She is the girlie girl who is very social, and I’m more the tom-boyish one who is perfectly fine being alone. As we have grown up and gone our separate ways, we are even more different. She is married w/ 5 children, and I am the hopelessly single one. Yet we are very similar in that we are both into anything creative and our moral values reflect biblical principles.
It makes me sad that our lives are not what we fantasized them to be. We used to cut pictures out of magazines and create our families and say we would live next door to each other. However, we have not even lived in the same state for over 19 years. Although the distance makes it difficult to know each other as well as we could, our bond as sisters will always be strong. And despite our separate lives, I am still very much interested in her life and read her blog every day to keep up on her happenings.
I am very grateful to the childhood I got to share with Christina and all our inside. I wish I got to share my adulthood with her, but I still consider myself blessed to have such a wonderful and Godly woman in my life. I really admire who she is. She is an amazing stay at home mom who home schools her 5 children. She has a very loving marriage with her husband, Russ. She is very smart and talented. And, she is beautiful on the outside too. Yep, she has it all. I hope she knows how blessed she is. Happy birthday, S.I.S!
P.S. Happy 48th birthday today to my favorite actor, Viggo Mortensen. No, I’m not a psycho fan, but I did love him as Aragorn in “Lord of the Rings” and in “Hidalgo.” I admire his talent as a poet, painter, and photographer as well. His movies don’t all reflect my personal morals so I haven’t seen them all, but those I have I think he is an underrated actor. Plus I like that he’s not afraid to speak his political views. And he’s just so dreamy! :)