I think God makes families like puzzles.  One person winds up with a nice set of character qualities and few whopping quirks, and so the next one along is bound to fill in the blanks, so to speak.  Unfortunately, since Person #2 lacks in the areas that Person #1 excels, and vice versa…well, it gives rise to dilemmas.  But overall, I think it’s a pretty efficient system.

For example, look at a purely hypothetical situation:  If Person #2 is prone to inactivity because Person #1 has been given the rare gift of leadership and orginization, in the end everyone ends up happy because Person #2 enjoys relaxing while Person #1 enjoys having them out of her hair while she goes about her business.

And that’s what’s so awesome about big sisters.

Happy 19th birthday, Toni!  Love you!

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