Jenni on Skype: jclayville 
My sister, Renee, is visiting for the week from L.A. and we have been having a BLAST!
She’s been here all week (leaving on Saturday) and it’s been the most amazing trip. Renee has said to me, “I don’t know how you do it with two kids everyday!”, but then proceeds to keep Chance entertained most of the day on Wednesday.
Nae’s gonna be a great Mom one day.
I have to be honest. Renee and I haven’t always seen eye-to-eye. Some of it is because we’ve known each other forever and know how to annoy the crap out of each other, and some of it is because we are to complete polar opposites of each other.
As children, we’d fight like cats and dogs. I remember thinking earlier in my life that we’d grow up and never choose to have a relationship of any kind. It would just be too difficult and time consuming.
I’m glad that’s not true.
Every year has proved to be more fulfilling than the year before in our sisterhood. Of course, these results have been due to a LOT of hard conversations, patient listening, consistent personal evaluation AND RE-evaluation, persistent prayers and gracious forgiveness on both sides.
Good thing neither of us gave up OR are giving up.
So… I know it’s Lent… and that’s all about giving something up, but lemme ask you this:
What’s someone/something you’re glad you didn’t give up on?
I’m with you Jenni! I’m glad I didn’t give up on my family…there was a time when I did (or almost did) when I was pregnant and on my own. The Lord has shown His complete Faithfulness to me and also to you & it is such a blessing to see the relationship that you’ve WORKED so hard for with your sisters!
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God is so creative in how He puts things together…including siblings!
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Aw, I love good sister time! My sister and I are 5 years apart and we fought constantly until I was 19 and moved out. Now we (mostly) get along.
Tell Renee I say hello!
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I WANT TO PLAY TOO!
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I’m going to be serious for a moment, partly to remind me that I can be…mostly cos this warrants it : I’m really glad I never gave up on my relationship with my dad.
That’s all
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