SEE THESE DARLING LITTLE GIRLS. IN THE DRAWING ABOVE??? THIS....WASN'T US!! MY SISTER & I NEVER PLAYED...."DRESS-UP". I AM NOT SURE WE EVER PLAYED MUCH TOGETHER, WE WERE TOO BUSY FIGHTING ALL THE TIME. I WAS THE ONLY CHILD IN THE FAMILY FOR 2 YEARS, THEN THIS, "INTERLOPER" CAME ALONG! I DON'T REMEMBER IT AT ALL BUT I BELIEVE, SHE NOW BECAME THE FOCUS OF MUCH ATTENTION. THIS, I AM SURE, I RESENTED, SINCE ALL THE ATTENTION HAD BEEN ON ME, PRIOR TO THIS TIME.

ONE DAY, WHEN MARGO WAS ABOUT 8 MONTHS OLD, AS SHE SAT IN HER HIGH-CHAIR, MY MOM WENT TO THE KITCHEN TO GET HER MORE BABY FOOD. SHE WAS AN ADORABLE, FAT CHEECKED BABY WITH LARGE BROWN EYES AND A BIG CURL ON TOP OF HER HEAD! I MUST HAVE STARED AT THIS VISION OF A PERFECT BABY, WHO NOW GOT ALL THE COO'S AND BABY-TALK THROWN AT HER,AND SOMETHING SNAPPED IN MY HEAD. SUDDENLY, MY MOM HEARD A TERRIBLE SCREAM AND CAME RUNNING. MARGO WAS SCREECHING AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS AND I WAS JUMPING UP & DOWN SAYING.."I DIDN'T MEAN IT..DON'T SPANK ME!!" (I REMEMBER NONE OF THIS, OF COURSE, I JUST KNOW THE STORY.)

TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT....IT SEEMS I BIT HER LITTLE FINGER, CLEAR TO THE BONE AND BLOOD WAS RUNNING OUT OF IT. SHE WAS SCREAMING, MY MOM WAS YELLING AT ME, I WAS JUMPING UP & DOWN!! WHAT A SCENE THIS MUST HAVE BEEN. I DID GET A BIG SPANKING....AND MARGO NOW BECAME THE ONE WHO HAD TO BE "PROTECTED" FROM THIS WICKED CHILD WHO BIT FINGERS TO THE BONE!! I THINK THIS SET THE STAGE FOR OUR FUTURE LIFE TOGETHER AS SIBLINGS. I DIDN'T LIKE HER, AND SHE WAS SCARED OF ME!

AS WE BECAME CHILDREN, WE ALWAYS FOUGHT AND DROVE OUR PARENTS NUTS! I WAS ALWAYS TOLD "LEAVE HER ALONE, YOU'RE BIGGER THAN SHE IS." LATER WHEN SHE SHOT PAST ME IN HEIGHT (I AM NOW 5FT 4" AND SHE IS 5FT 9") I WAS TOLD..."LEAVE HER ALONE, YOU'RE OLDER THAN SHE IS." I COULDN'T WIN! IF I WERE TO TELL ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN US, WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN, IT WOULD BE SOOOOOO LONG, IT WOULD CRASH YOUR COMPUTER. I NEVER DID ANYTHING TO ACTUALLY HARM HER, BUT I WAS OF A MISCHIEVIOUS MIND, AND WOULD THINK OF THINGS TO MAKE HER SCREAM!!! ACTUALLY, MARGO LOVED TO SCREAM AND STILL DOES!! IF SHE SEE'S A SPIDER, EVEN TODAY, SHE SCREAMS SO LOUD YOU CAN HEAR HER INTO THE NEXT COUNTY. I NEVER TRIED TO SCARE HER WITH SPIDERS, THO,.......I PREFERRED TO USE SNAKES!! A FEW YEARS AGO, MARGO & I DREW SOME CRUDE PICTURES IN "PAINT BRUSH", DEPICTING THESE, DELIGHTFUL CHILDHOOD MEMORIES!!! AHHHH, YES, WE BOTH REMEMBER THEM SO WELL!! I STILL LAUGH WHEN I THINK OF WHAT A FERTILE MIND I POSSESSED, TO COME UP WITH,"SCREAMING THINGS"!!HAHAHAHAHAHA.

WHEN WE BECAME ADULTS, WE BOTH MARRIED AND LEFT HOME, AS BOTH OF US, HAD MARRIED MILITARY MEN. WE DIDN'T FARE TOO WELL, MARRIAGE-WISE, BOTH OF OUR 1ST MARRIAGES, ENDED IN DIVORCE. (AT LAST, WE HAD SOMETHING IN COMMON.)THRU THIS TIME-FRAME WE DIDN'T SEE EACH OTHER TOO OFTEN,AND STILL WEREN'T WHAT YOU WOULD CALL FRIENDS.

BUT TIME HAS ROLLED ON, AND FINALLY, AT LONG LAST, MY SISTER & I HAVE "CONNECTED". WE DISCOVERED, WE ARE BOTH "COMPUTER JUNKIES" AND TOTAL "NET ADDICTS"!!! WE BOTH HAVE UPGRADED OUR PC'S AND BOTH HAVE "HOT, FAST COMPUTERS". OUR INTERESTS ARE DIFFERENT, NATURALLY, FOR WE OURSELVES, ARE STILL VERY DIFFERENT, EVEN AS WE WERE AS CHILDREN. MARGO HAS A GREAT HEAD FOR FIGURES, I CAN'T DO SIMPLE MATH. I HAVE THIS WEB SITE OF POETRY, FOR MY GIFT IS, WRITING, AS HER GIFT IS FIGURES. SHE IS ALSO A WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHER, MY PHOTOS ARE ALWAYS LOUSEY!! SHE HAS 3 GROWN CHILDREN, I HAVE NONE. SHE & HER HUSBAND, JOHN TRAVEL ALOT. I AM DIVORCED!

SO, LET ME SAY HERE, OUR PARENTS, WHO ARE BOTH DECEASED NOW, WOULD BE STUNNED BUT HAPPY, TO SEE WE ARE TOGETHER AT LAST. I DON'T BITE MARGO'S FINGER ANYMORE AND WE ARE FINALLY REAL SISTERS & FRIENDS. IT TOOK US A LONG TIME, TO ARRIVE AT THIS POINT...BUT AT LEAST WE MADE IT!

MARGO..... I AM SO HAPPY YOU ARE MY SISTER....AND I LOVE YOU!!!!!