In December we buried another sister, Anna Marie Reading. She had been ill for a very long time but she still worried about everything life had to offer.  She had her treasures and although they brought her joy they also crippled her.  Sadly they were of no value to anyone but her and she just didn’t see that. She reveled in their beauty and they were beautiful. In the end the only joy in her life was shopping at DI, Savers, and Goodwill stores, sifting through toys, baby clothes, and clothes in general, pans.  She loved American Girl and Bitty Baby dolls, dolls from the fourties, fifties, and sixties, Legos, Revereware pans, big soup pans and anything she thought someone else might like.  She was always giving me treasures in the form of dolls, figurines, and doll clothes, she could spend hours looking for something she was going to give me. She always shopped for candy after each occasion and knew everyone’s favorite and she made sure she had plenty to share. She always gave me Hershey mini bars, kisses, and whoppers for LaMont. I really miss Anna she was talented, giving, and fun. She loved babies.

Now we have lost Marian.  Our family just isn’t the same without our 3 sisters. Can I just say how much fun we had on trips together. Something memorable happened every time.  Our older sisters always had us laughing. Marian so loved us all and counted the days from one get together to the next. She always showed up. I got to travel with Marian on several occasions and it was always a laugh a minute. We traveled together to the cruise when Keith and Lara got married. She didn’t like to fly but she would with me. We went to Tricia’s in Austin for a week and had so much fun. Matt and Trish are amazing people and their little family was a delight. We went to Camille’s house in Texas, there was Anna, Marian, and myself, then we went to Austin to Trish’s and Karina’s, we picked up Judy and then to Iowa to see Natalie and her family and then to Kansas to Rhyetta’s and Anaise’s it was so fun. I missed out on a trip to see Liz in New York where I could have gone to Niagara Falls. We really had some great times. Sister parties and get togethers will never be as fun as they were with 7 sisters.