One of these days in the distant future, perhaps I'll write a book about the extraordinary things that happen in very ordinary lives. Today I will just write a small blog about the one twist in my life that I find the most unexpected. You would probably think that the thing that I find most unexpected after growing up with a very 80s version of Little House on The Prairie lifestyle would be ending up wealthy . Not for me.
The biggest surprise in my life so far is that my sister and husband not only like each other but are extremely close friends. She and I always hated each other's boyfriends. I guess the second big surprise is that she married someone that I really like.
There's a saying that women marry men who are like their dads. Mine and my sister's have common qualities with our dad but very different aspects of him. My husband is the part of my dad that sucks up books, retains everything he reads and loves everything WWII related. My sister's husband is the part obsessed with cars and is mechanically inclined. The weird thing with our situation is I think we married our sisters in some ways.
My husband and sister are both very driven, aggressive, opinionated people. They have almost the exact same political views and very similar sense of humor. My brother-in-law and I are both very patient, accomodating people. We don't mind being the support system.
My sister and I have always been extremely close. We are only 22 months apart in age. We went through our cycles of hanging out, I'm too cool for you, back to hanging out and landed on closest of friends forever.
I'm so proud of my sister. She's worked hard for every accomplishment and has made a very successful career for herself despite many obstacles I never had to face. My pesky little sister, who took my crib (I'll never forgive her 
) and tattled on me all the time, turned out to be one of the people I admire most. The fact that she and my husband get along so well has helped be closer than ever. That's a pretty unexpected but wonderful twist!