Melv's Post

Is there someone you just love so much that isn't your spouse or your child? There is someone in my life that I love so much. It's my older sister Susan. I love her. She was 11 when I was born and I remember watching her when I was little put on her makeup and thinking, "I hope I'm as pretty as Susie someday". She was always my friend and greatest support growing up. I have found letters she wrote me when I lived in Oregon with my parents during my highschool years. She always made me believe that I was someone special and that I deserved greatness in my life. I believed her. I really really did believe that she thought I was someone special. I think she still thinks that. But I want her to know how special she is to me. She has always been there for me. One time on my mission when I got to call home for mother's day, the family call was cut very very short. She could hear in my voice that I needed to talk more. What she didn't know is that I cried pretty good after that call and not 10 minutes later she had called me back. I wanted to reach through that phone and hug her. She has always given me what I needed and that night I needed a sisters loving words that I was ok and that I was where I should be. But the real reason I wanted to write about her today is because I don't think she knows just how much she means to my little family. Aaron and I consider her so much apart of our family. There is noone that knows our children better than she does, besides ourselves. She has saved me time and time again when I've literally come crashing down regarding the challenges of motherhood and at times, even marriage. She can somehow bring reason to me. She speaks my language. She is such a comfort to me. She has seen every side to Melissa that there is and she truly does love me anyway. She is brutally honest, which happens to be a language I speak as well and is probably why I can handle it. I've always looked up to her. I've always admired her. I've always been so proud of her and to have her as my sister. I confide in her and I think she confides in me too. We have laughed and cried so much together. She has been involved in every part of my life. She has been supportive of all that I have done. She has been a great example to me. She is my great friend. She is so very very loved by me.