My sister, Mary, recently had her second hip replacement surgery. After the hospital, after the rehab at a nursing home, after staying with our mom for a while, she was recovered enough to be away from her doctor. She traveled from Springfield, Massachusetts to Saugerties, New York to stay with her dear friends, Billie and Richard. In fact, Billie and Richard have been such a mainstay in Mer's life for so many years that I, our other sister, Francesca, and my friends, Lorelei and Connie, are all good friends with them. Mary has this way of sharing - whether it be friendships, family, houses, clothes, books; for her, sharing multiplies the delight.
Mary retains childlike amazement at the every dayness of life: the sun that comes up every morning, the gawky grace of newborn foals at the horse farm across the road, the way asparagus grows so fast you think you can see it happen, the fact that her sons have grown up to be good and loving men. You can only stand there and watch her, marvel at her and along with her.
My sister, Mary, is good in a way that I can only admire and cheer on. Go, Big Honey, go.
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