Sisters

I am so lucky to have the best sister in the world. We are the bestest of friends and I love her very much. And I want to be just like her. But one way that I have not often been like her in my life is our sizes. She has always been much thinner than me. And I think she's awesome for doing that - both my mom and I have struggled with our weight and eating our whole lives, so its amazing that Leanne didn't pick that up too!! I thought that I would go back and find a few pictures of Leanne and I as kids to post here, but I just kept finding more and more and ended up doing somewhat of a montage of our lives instead! :o) This was probably more fun for me to do than for you to read, but what the heck.

So, here are Leanne and I in pictures:

(Mom, you should probably have a kleenex in hand for this post...)

1983 (I think this was Leanne's one month birthday)

Easter 1986
My first day of grade 5, her first day of Kindergarten - 1988

First day of my grade 9, her grade 4 - 1992
My first day of grade 12, her grade 7 - 1995 My high school grad - 1996
My wedding day - 1999

Her high school grad - 2001 During Mom & Leanne's visit to Japan - Christmas 2002
Her wedding day - 2003
Leanne visiting me (pregnant with William) in New Brunswick - August, 2005
Another visit to NB, just after William was born - December, 2005

A visit here while I was pregnant with Elan - February, 2008
At her University grad just after Elan was born - April, 2008 I think its safe to say that I've never been upset with Leanne for being thin or been jealous of her in a nasty way - but I have always wanted to be just like her. And so, the following story made me very happy...

Yesterday evening, I went out grocery shopping by myself, just to get a few quick things. I went up to the check out line and at the front were my Uncle Dale, Auntie Annette, and 2 cousins. So, I kinda quickly bumped in line and just said "HI" and then went back to my spot. I noticed Uncle Dale looked at me a little bit oddly, and then after they were done checking out, came back to talk to me some more. He came back and said, "What are YOU doing here all by yourself??" And I said, "well, Trevor is at home with the kids..." and he suddenly looked all embarrassed, and said to me "OOOH!! Have you lost some weight or something???" :o) And I said, "WHY, Yes I have!" (I was also wearing my contacts, which are a new thing for me...) And he again, looked embarassed and said, "oh, I'm sorry! I thought..." and I said "You thought I was Leanne, didn't you!!?" And he had.

YES!!!


It was a happy little moment for me.

I love my sister and I am excited that as I'm getting thinner, we're starting to look even more alike. Now, if I could just get braces like she did....