Birthday Shout Out to Kenzie Girl

When I was very young, I remember begging my parents for a baby sister.  I imagined all of the fun things we would do together, and how lovely it would be to be a big sister.  I remember how hurt I felt as I realized that would probably never happen.  I continued to beg.   After a few years, I came to the conclusion that after my mother had given birth all three of my older brothers, and then me, making our family complete... No matter how much I wanted a baby sister, it just was not going to happen.  I was giving up.  I had to deal with the fact that my parents were not going to have any more children... Until quite a few years later when McKenzie joined our family.  She was definitely a surprise, but a very much wanted and loved surprise.  My wish had come true!  Although there is a slightly large gap between us in age, we were, and have stayed really close as sisters, and as friends. Our family needed her to make us fully complete, and I know that it is a blessing that she decided to join us when she did, even though the timing may have seemed a little bit off.  Now I realize the timing couldn't have been any better. I think of how lonely my parents would be without her and what they would be doing.  Just when they thought they had raised their youngest child almost completely through grade school...  They were able to do it all over again!  Hee hee.  I am so grateful that Heavenly Father sent a sister to me.   After all of those years with three older brothers, (of whom I am also very thankful for and love very much), picking on me, teasing me, and teaching me how to be a "tom- boy", I needed something a little bit sweeter... A baby sister.