Day 16 in Advent and I am pleased to report that Santa Claus,
glass in hand, has just granted me my one Christmas wish: my sister. Apparently the
cookie-based siren call was too strong to resist, so Tanta has booked a last-minute trip here for the holidays.
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| Two in a pair. |
Tanta and I live an ocean away from the rest of our relatives. We have a
history of spending Christmas together on our side of the world. Children have made this annual winter gathering logistically difficult in recent years. But Tanta, Onkle, Neffe (and Santa), brave people that they are, have pulled it off for another year running.
So a toast to sisters is in order, via Christina Rossetti:
For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; to cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.
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| 'Mwaaaaaaw!' |
