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<h1>Missing my sister</h1> | ||
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<p> | ||
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cwinters/23041971/" | ||
title="Kim and me in a young pose by Chris Winters, on Flickr"><img | ||
src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/16/23041971_e3a19c7084.jpg" | ||
width="224" height="278" alt="Kim and me in a young pose" | ||
align="right" /></a> | ||
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<p>Today Kim would've turned 41. I would've teased her about | ||
another year over 40, "it's all downhill from here" and other | ||
expected small talk. I would've asked her what she was doing | ||
today and she'd respond: "Going out to sushi with Crystal" and | ||
then "I'm driving up to Dad's this weekend."</p> | ||
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<p>And I'd get Ella on the phone so we could sing "Happy | ||
Birthday" to her. Kim would ask Ella about kindergarten, and | ||
about her trip to Kennywood and riding the roller coasters for | ||
the first time, and the latest Magic Tree House book she's read, | ||
and princesses and jewelry and other girl things.</p> | ||
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<p>But none of that is going to happen, because she's gone.</p> | ||
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<p>So instead we'll go out for sushi this evening and talk about | ||
Aunt Kim and how much we miss her. And, inside, I'll get a little | ||
mad at her again for not taking care of herself better and | ||
leaving us. And I'll steel that resolve to keep going to the gym, | ||
keep riding my bike, keep leaving a little food behind.</p> | ||
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<p>And then, late tonight, I'll think about us growing up and how | ||
we always had each other -- through my dad being gone on cruise, | ||
and moving all the time to new schools and new neighborhoods and | ||
new kids. And just soak in memory for a little while, even though | ||
they're ringed with sadness. Because that's what we have.</p> | ||
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