After a long absence

Summer is falling to an end and change is again rising. Spending today with my sisters was wonderful -- eating and gossiping, I am filled with gratitude for how they have stuck with me and how we have supported one another through times thick and thin. J.'s birthday was Sunday, and though she mourns her age, she remains the youngest of us. The funniest news was that M. is still calibrating her age, moving it from 92 to 89. The idea tickles me, but maybe I should see this as a good thing -- that despite her elevated age, she still has her vanity. When someone suggested that she might be in her 70s, she was absolutely delighted.