I grew up without any sisters. Matt’s sister grew up without any sisters. Matt’s brother’s wife grew up without any sisters. Now that we are all married and a part of the same family? We all have each other. As much as we love our brothers, having sisters in our adult lives has been such a special blessing.
Perhaps the biggest blessing of all is that we all love being together. Not all sisters-in-law are able to enjoy this, and the three of us don’t take it for granted.
This is a picture of us two years ago when we got together for our bi-yearly “Sister Symposium.”
Since they both live in California, I’m the only one who has to travel far. Therefore, they are kind enough to share my airplane ticket expense to make this get-together possible. We save more expense by staying in one of their homes so we don’t have to pay lodging.
What do we do during the 2-3 days we’re together? We talk, and talk, and talk. We shop (oh yeah!). We eat out. We go to the beach (this Nebraska girl’s favorite place to visit!). And we pray together: for our husbands, for our children, for our parents, for each other.
With our lives all so full and busy with working and raising families, it keeps getting harder and harder to get away and find time to spend together like this. But never once have we regretted the effort it has taken. Our time together as sisters is always rich. This week is no different.
I love this! My sister and I do something similar, but call it “twin trips” (yes, we are twins). My sis moves every few years for the military, so it’s important that just the two if ys get together. Last fall I flew from DC to missouri to see her and go to a quilt store and SEW for 14 hours, and this year since she’s in Korea, we are meeting in the middle in Hawaii. I’m so grateful my husband helps make it happen.
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I am thankful for my daughter who makes time in her schedule every week to come over with her two children and spend the day. I do not take that time for granted since she could be doing something else and she is a busy pastor’s wife.
My hubby and my teenage daughter. Boy I did this once with my older daughter and now I get to do it all over,
I have one sister and no brothers. We live about 2 hours apart but we drive to visit each other most months. I am thankful that our two families are all great friends.
I am also thankful for my husband and his hands,
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Love this idea! I am inspired to try and make it happen with my two sisters who live far away in the same state as each other.
Thankful for God blessing me with my one and only, my highschool sweetheart who is so patient with me, we’re joined at the hip one might say, 14 yrs married this June. And for God surrounding me with real live friends for this homeschooling journey this past year and continuing. After 4 yrs of going it alone and trying to make friends in community, in church, etc. this is such a sweet blessing for our family.
I am grateful for the wonderful long weekend I had with my “sisters” which consists of friends. 11 of us went camping. We’ve done this for 20 years, sometimes we can’t all get together and as we’ve gotten older we don’t “rough it” camp but use RV’s and stay closer to home but am SO BLESSED to have my group of gals!
I, too, grew up without sisters. I have two sister-in-laws; one is precious, the other I haven’t even met as we live in different states. I am far from most of my extended family, but I am thankful today that we try hard to keep in touch. The miles don’t keep us from being a part of each other’s lives. While I wish I could hug them on demand, I am just thankful to be able to talk to them anytime I want.