When I was a little girl, I had a baby sister.  She had one blue eye and one brown eye.  I loved her very much.  When she was sick, she went to the hospital and I never saw her again.  My mommy was very sad.  My daddy was very sad.  I was sad.

         I wanted a sister more than anything in the world.

         My mommy brought home another baby.  This baby was a boy.  He was cute and I loved him, but he wasn't a sister.  My daddy would take him hunting and fishing, but who would play with me?

         One night I was looking into the sun as it slipped behind the horizon.  The sky looked like angels.  I asked God, "Please, could you send me another sister. I promise to take really good care of this one."

         And you know what?  He did.

         And you know what else?  I did.

Michele Grabowski