My sister and I didn’t always have the best relationship, thank goodness it’s good now. We live a long way from each other so time spent together is precious … right?

Almost ten years ago she was having surgery and I went to stay with her while she recovered. One day, prior to the surgery we went to the store to pick up a few things. We passed a display of cookies and I commented (like a little sister would), how yummy those samoa- type cookies are. My dear sister thought so too and put a package of them in the cart.

Later that evening we were sitting around and I continually yawned. She mentioned a few times that I should go to bed, insisted was more like it. She is my older sister.

I was sleeping in the living room during my stay. The bathroom was at the end of the hall, past the bedrooms. I had already been to the bathroom and was settling in when I needed to go to the bathroom one last time. As I headed down the hall, I see my sister going from one room, across the hall to her bedroom, sneaking the unopened package of cookies in with her. I gasped and said, “Oh no you don’t”! My own sister was pushing me off to bed so she could scarf down those cookies herself. Well, being the little sister (regardless of age), I sat up with her and to makes sure that the cookies were shared with me, (like any little sister would).

This is one of those times that we continually laugh and tease about.