What a birthday!

A blog for my birthday....only my "sista" Lisa would have created such a gift for me.  She has been after me for ages to create a blog to post my musings, stories, recipes - the stuff of my life.  And my response has always been "Who cares what I think????"  Her retort has always been "I do and so would a lot of other people....just do it!"

So here I am posting my first blog entry.........

This entire blog thing is new and a little scary but I will try and put form to my thoughts.  Heartfelt thanks to Lisa for giving me the forum and the encouragement.

I am an only child and always wanted a brother or sister.  Growing up, all of my friends had siblings and I felt I was missing something special.  One day, three years ago I was going through a period of upheaval in my life...we had just moved to a new city where I knew no one, my daughters were both in college out of state...I was incredibly lonely and sad.  "Please, please," I begged my friends, "come visit me."  Lisa flew in and declared, "Everyone needs a sister and I'm going to be yours."  I knew at that moment that everything was going to be OK.

It was during that visit that Lisa decided that she was going to turn my bedroom into a sanctuary and proceeded to recover the headboard, make a new duvet, bedskirt and shams.  Did I mention that she's an incredible seamstress?  It was a great project for us to work on together and I got a beautiful bedroom thanks to her efforts.  It's what sisters do......

Thanks, Sista.  Love you.