My younger sister will come to Boston for the weekend. I have become more and more excited about her visit because after a long semester of decisions and genuinely hard work, I need family. She's a beautiful human, inside and out, struggling with her own set of decisions and difficulties. Despite our attempts to be individual and self-sufficient, we need each other. We are sisters after all, and that bond is a special one. It demands a level of understanding and support that many other relationships don't. Because you are both women, bred from the same two people, attempting to understand your place and purpose.
We will watch the Final Four game together, joined with other Lawrencians to celebrate Kansas, win or lose. Take a trip to the Harbor Islands where the first lighthouse ever erected stands, an homage to my grandfather who lived his whole life in a landlocked state dreaming about sailboats and lighthouses. Drink more coffee than is probably healthy and eat better than I have all semester. Watch movies with Melina and peruse bookstores looking for the last Sylvia Plath book I need to complete my collection.
It will be good, I am certain.
"Meredith Johnson" from the show that is this blog's namesake, "A Steady Scribble"
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