I was browsing a friends' blogs and was reminded of something... I lost my sister Julie in 1996 to a 5 year battle with Multiple Myeloma. She was 34. Married to her teenage sweetheart. Two awesome kids. She was the nicest person you'd ever meet... in all her life, I can't even remember her ever cursing, except for once... and that was quite justified... She'd never say anything bad about anyone. Ever. She was the one person in the family that always gave me the benefit of the doubt when I'd mess up as a teenager... She was the one I got along with, when the rest of my family was... well... just not very accepting. During her fight with the cancer, I held a fund-raiser for her at a local club, and my girlfriend at the time and I donated platelets and blood weekly (yes, I know you're not supposed to do that, but in my sister's situation... well... they let it slide). It turned out that out of all the people in my family that donated, the only person who's platelets her body didn't reject were mine. Here's the kicker - I was adopted at 11 days old. I can't figure it out either - nor could the doctors. What meant a lot to me was that for the last few weeks of her life, we shared the same blood... on that note, here's the song...
The Nixons - Sister
Here I am again,
Overwhelming feelings
A thousand miles away
From your ocean home
Part of me is near
Thoughts of what we were invade
The miles that stand between
We can't separate
Your all I hoped you'd become
Sister I see you
Dancing on the stage
Of memory
Sister I miss you
Fleeting visits pass
Still they satisfy
Reminders of the next
Overshadow goodbye
Our flames burn as one
Sister I see you
Dancing on the stage
Of memory
Sister I miss you
All I am begins with you
Thoughts of hope understood
Half of me breathes in you
Thoughts of love remain true
Here we are again saying goodbye
Still we fall asleep underneath the same sky
You're all I knew you'd become
Sister I see you
Dancing on the stage
Of memory
Sister I miss you
Entwined, you and I
Our souls speak from across the miles
Intertwined, you and I
Our blood flows from the same inside
Half of me, breathes in you
Thoughts of love remain true
I see you, I feel you
When I close my eyes
I see walking there...
I see you dancing in my mind
