When I moved to Pennsylvania the summer of my junior year of high school, I told my family that I was not going to make any friends and instead just focus on academics and softball. I was angry about leaving the only home I had ever known and did not think that I could make …
What distinguishes a sisterhood from a friendship? A mentor of mine once said that loving another person means joyfully witnessing and participating in another’s sanctification. He was talking about love in the context of marriage, and his words made a deep impression on me. As I thought about what he said, I realized that his …
I spent only nineteen months of my life sister-free. Shortly after the first one was born, my parents added another, and then another, leaving our house severely overloaded with estrogen. Until I was ten, even our dogs were girls! And along with my three biological sisters, I’ve accrued several honorary ones over the years, from …
