"I'm kind of a geek and play the online MMO World of Warcraft with my sister and her husband, and we always talk about how cool it would be to go there, " she says.
And then I remember calling my sister and telling her that you know, it's a hit.
But she earned her education, she made it through with scholarships and hard work, and my sister and I earned our degrees because of her motivation and her support and her impact.
After a year, my sister and her husband had stabilized their life, and the twins returned home.
Again, my sister and her husband were having issues, and this time, it was negatively affecting the children.
We ran from the beach back to my house where my sister and her children were waiting for us.
My sister and her husband are in honeymoon since end November in Indonesia.
Scores of people in St Francisville came out to help my sister and her family, and remained with her steadfastly until her death.
Around three in the morning of our third night at Lenox Hill, my mother was dozing for the first time and my sister slept soundly beside her.
But I also saw how she struggled to raise me and my sister on her own, worrying about how she'd pay the bills and educate herself and provide for us.
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"We are standing here because her sister and my mom can't be here, " Ms. Lafferty said.
"I lost my cell phone and I needed to get in contact with my sister, " Virginia told her.
But about a year and a half ago I was helping my sister-in-law cook for a party, and her restaurateur father, known to his grandchildren, and the rest of the family, as Nutzie, came in the door bearing several large aluminum containers of pulled pork, which he had made at his mom-and-pop restaurant in Worcester, Mass.
She traveled a lot with me and my sister as children, and watching her do it taught me how to save money doing it myself.
As I described in my first published short story more than 15 years ago, had my first and oldest sister not died in utero with her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck, I would never have been born because my parents were committed to a 2-child family.
My mother and her family were in hiding in France during the war, and her newborn sister, Ariel, was killed by a doctor who gave her milk that was too thick.
And she earned her degree, and made sure that through scholarships and hard work, my sister and I earned ours.
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Ms. MARIA RAY(ph): My name is Maria Ray and my ex-sister-in-law gave me a mug, which was given to her, which was a recycled gift from somebody to her.
Women like my grandmother who worked in a bank all her life, and even after she hit that glass ceiling, kept getting up and giving her best every day, without complaint, because she wanted something better for me and my sister.
He wanted to leave the truck stop to my sister because he trusted her to keep it and run it.
My sister is this way, too, and from watching her in action, I know how much energy and time it takes to act like glue, to make the efforts that allow people to stay close.
"There on the front page was a picture of my father carrying my ten-month old baby sister Jill out of the boat and behind him was her nanny being given a piggy back, " he said.
My mom had thought his yearly bonuses would be going toward college for me and my sister, but not only was my dad a big spender, unbeknownst to her, he had also been buying regular tickets to visit his girlfriend in Greece.
The calls to the 999 emergency number included a man reporting that "someone robbed my marmalade", a woman saying her sister had brought a stray dog into her house and a man stating that he had seen "a chicken walking down the road".
"My sister is a heroine, because she has freed her heart, her soul and also her future from the weight of the secret, " Nastassja Kinski said.
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For the last few years, my sister and I have approached the holidays this way: I bought gift cards for her kids, and she bought gift cards for my kids.
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When I landed, my sister-in-law was able to flick through the photos of her niece and nephew on the touchscreen, a feature that is cool, to be sure, but also supremely useful.
When we arrived, my 4yo wanted a candy bag for Dad, a bag for her 6yo sister, a bag for her friend and a bag for herself.
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