These Hold My Heart

It is true that a sister can speak things into your life that will eternally change you. There is so much beauty to be found in my three sisters and my little brother. There is a simplicity in conversation because we have all the background one could want. No body knows me so fully as my sisters and J>T>Mom and Dad finally got the boy they had waited so long for. January 8'th 1994. It was the girls and dad for nine years. I couldn't imagine life with him when I found out mom was pregnant.

Just yesterday Mom,Me, and Heather were sitting on the living room couch. There was such I stillness and we all knew JT was not home. It was empty, incomplete. Heather said "I can't imagine life with out JT anymore." We all agreed that it was hard to remember those nine years that we had spent being the girls and Dad. JT was change. He changed the Linville house hold. Not that there ever was a dull moment in the history of our family, but the moments were never quite so exciting without that little blond boy running around.

I remember his prank days. I also remember his spying days. He was never really good at spying. Then there there was the time when his favorite words were "You should marry my sister because she smells good" It didn't really matter who the guy was, but it did matter if he hunted or fished. Apparently those two things gave JT the urge to offer one of his sisters as a permanent tie between him and the guy.

As for the pranks my favorite was when he tied a fake rat to a glass in the cabinet and then asked heather to get the cups for dinner.As she pulled the cup out the rat jump out in her face. The house was filled with a death gripping scream. HAHAHA. And then with the laughter of the linvilles.

My least favorite was when we were driving somewhere on vacation and he decided to twist a comb in my hair while I was sleeping. I had to cut it out. Mom rewarded him with the gift of being my servant for a full week. I didn't mind that so much.

I suppose I am saying I realize how dear my Sisters and my brother are to me, now more than ever. I think my love for them will only grow.