Today is my oldest sister Chrissy's birthday!!! She is 29 yrs old!! She lives in Springfield, MO and has lived there for about 9-10 yrs now. I LOVE my sister!! We have SO much fun whenever we are together! For whatever reason when we are together we always seem to do stupid silly stuff..
For example, one time when I was visiting her we decided to make caramel apples! We were so excited about making them & after they were made we couldn't wait to eat them!! Until we tried to eat them.. haha my sister never put any water or milk in the caramel when we melted it so when the caramel dried on the apples it was completely rock solid- we could not even bite into them because they were so hard. We laughed pretty hard but then we had to throw all of the caramel apples away :(
I love talking to my sister!! We talk for hours at a time, usually on the phone but my favorite is in person!! When we talk we talk super fast & we laugh A LOT! Basically, we have decided that we are the same person just 9 yrs apart and now have different colored hair. More often than not, will one of us be talking about something we have been struggling with or a weird habit that we have and the other will be like, "me too!!". It is so nice to have an older sister who has gone through the same sorts of things that I have gone through and who can be there for me like no else can. She is full of so much wisdom and godly advice- I always feel better & encouraged after talking to her. No matter what I am going through or what I am dealing with, I always know that I can turn to her and she will be there for me. She comforts me when I am sad, calms me when I am mad, laughs with me when I am glad, and corrects me when I am bad (I'm poet & I didn't even know it!) It has been such a blessing to have her as not only my sister but one of my closest & best friends.
Chrissy has always been one of my role models in life. Naturally, as I being the youngest and she the oldest- I have spent most my life trying to be just like Chrissy! Growing up, I wanted to dress like her, do my hair like her, eat like her ( I blame her for me being a picky eater), I just always wanted to be with her! Me & my sister Sarah would even sleep on her floor at night instead of sleeping in our bed cause we wanted to sleep in the same room as her. I also remember I used to sit in her room after school and listen to her phone conversations with her friends when she was in Jr. High and then bring up the topics that she had discussed at the dinner table... oops!! :)
Even now, tho my reasons for wanting to be like her have matured, the desire is still the same. I admire my sister so much! She is such a wonderful woman of God! She has an unbelieveable amount of strength and has used the circumstances that have occurred in her life both good and bad to glorify and bring praises to God! She has such a heart and passion for missions & for helping people in need. Also, her love for prayer & worship has impacted my life in such mighty and powerful ways! I respect her so much for the godly woman that she has become! She will always be someone I look up to- ALWAYS.
I will conclude with one last story... last year I received a phone call from Chrissy saying that she was FINALLY moving back home!! I was SO incredibly excited!!! She came home with a U-haul full of her stuff and we moved everything into her room. Her bed, furniture, clothes, art work, and other personal belongings had all been carefully placed within her room. Well, a couple months later I received yet another phone call from Chrissy but this time she had called to say that God didn't want her to move home- He had told her to stay. I was SO disappointed!! I immediately broke down in tears... & I began to question, "why God? why would you do this to me??" My dad heard me crying upstairs (it seriously was the hardest I have probably ever cried) and came to see what was the matter. While I was telling my dad what I had just heard, I all of sudden felt a HUGE sense of peace come over me and I was able to stop crying all together and explain to my dad that God had told Chrissy that it was not time to move home & that He wanted her in Springfield. Months after she was supposed to have moved home it was obvious why God had kept her there & He has been using her in great & mighty ways ever since. But I still never understood why I had to go through that... but this past Spring Break I spent the weekend with Chrissy and God spoke to me- He called me to do missions and He showed me that if Chrissy had moved home it would be that much more harder for me to be willing and obedient to leave & go overseas... God has a plan and purpose for EVERYTHING.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISSY!!! I love you!!!
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