Gaye

 Anyone who sees Gaye and me together

would think we have always been this close.

They would be wrong.

Gaye and I went through a pretty rough patch.

A three year rough patch where we lived in the same

city but did not speak to one another.

For three years.

Gaye and I have so much fun together

that you might think I regret those three years.

Lost years together.

But I don't.

You know how sometimes your computer is just 

so messed up there's nothing to do but unplug it

and restart?

I think that's what Gaye and I needed.

We needed a restart.

We didn't do it on our own, we 

went to a counselor and 

really hit the "restart."

And it worked. 

I wouldn't give up those three years apart

for anything because if I did we wouldn't

have the relationship we have now.

Gaye taught me that patterns
formed throughout childhood
and adulthood can be changed.

A sister can be your harshest critic
but also your strongest ally.