18 years in the making

And my LITTLE sister is GRADUATING from High School.

I am amazed. Not that she is graduating, but that she is OLD enough to graduate. (don't ask me how I will feel when she graduates from college or gets married!)

We are 6 years apart in age, but we couldn't be closer.

My little sister who was the 2 year old with the blondest, curly hair & the bunny blanket, the 6 year old who was sure she was 16, the 13 year old who was forced to act much older, the 16 year old who I taught to drive - is now the 18 year old who is an amazing young women that I trust with my daughter's life on a daily basis.

Miss Kristina is a perfect example of someone who can look at life's trials and tribulations
(and we as a family have faced many of these) and still see the sun shining on the other side. I hope she can show this to my daughter and I know that she has taught me a thing or two about letting God take over in the hardest and best of times.

Never stop asking "what if" my little sister, because the answers you come up with and discover are only going to get bigger and better.

I love you. We love you. And we are very proud of you.