The internet can be a very small place!

Last Friday night, I was out doing some shopping when I got a phone call from my sister. She told me an amazing thing that had happened to her on the Internet. I had just seen her 2 weeks ago and we were talking about The Maines Brothers band and listening to their cd. This is a local band from the 80's in Lubbock, where we grew up. So last week she was bored I guess and googled them. One of the first links listed was to a blog.... this blog. I had mentioned the band a few weeks ago. This blog does not have my name on it anywhere, so she started reading it and thinking this stuff really sounds familiar. The more she read, the more she knew it had to be mine. She did not even know I had a blog! So she spent the next hour reading the old posts and crying because they expressed many feelings she has had in her life too. So she called to tell me this and I just died laughing. I could not believe that she found it that easily. It is a little freaky.

So of course, she told my other sister who also read it all. She called yesterday to tell she had read it all too. It made her cry too. Snot running down your face, kind of crying. I have accomplished something that previously only my dad can do - I made both of my sisters cry. Anyway, even though it was hard for them to read I hope it was helpful to know that we are all in this together and all think the same things sometimes. We are The Three Musketeers. It was a good reinforcement to me that my words can have tremendous impact on others. This is really hard for me to believe some days.

Also tomorrow, my sister has her surgery and more tests run. I am feeling sad and heavy today. She is scared. I hope her family will be a comfort to her because she really needs it. Please pray for us all.