More Moments

This post is a copycat post of Paige.  She wrote about Kirsta moments for our little sister today, on her 42nd birthday.  So naturally, I'm going to do it too.

Terrible moments:

I remember Kirsta being about three and getting into my stuff WITHOUT ANY regard for pretty much anything while I was in school.  Now I watch Evie do pretty much the same thing and think, "Well, whatcha gonna do?"  That is just how three year old little sisters are.

I remember being so, so, so angry at each other that we willfully dug our fingernails into each other's forearms until we were both bleeding.  Immediately afterwards I was just horrified that I could become that ugly that I would intentionally hurt my sister.  It was terrible to let my anger get the best of me and her like that.  Never again.

Tender moments:

Kirsta cried and cried the day of my wedding.  I just stood there outside the temple holding her and reassuring her that she wasn't losing me forever.  I was so touched that she was so emotional about it.

Kirsta watched my three very young girlies so I could take a trip with Alan in early 2001. And her own baby was brand new.  Seriously, Faith was only about a month old.  I can't believe I even asked her to do that.  And I can't believe she did it.  That is true love.

Teaching moments:

Kirsta teaches me wise things all the time.  I remember asking her how she decided to go on a mission and she said she had a spiritual glimpse of who she would be if she went on a mission and it was so much better than who she would be if she stayed home.  That has stayed with me.  Which woman do I want to be?  The one who chose to serve the Lord or the one who stayed home?

I admire her resolve to avoid sugar so much.  I asked her how she can even do that.  She said she couldn't for a very long time until she prayed for help and taught a lesson about it, and then it was just a spiritual gift that was given to her, and she can't ignore that gift and snitch a little here and there because she knows it isn't even her own.  I want to seek for and recognize the best gifts in my life and know without doubt the source from whence they came.  I want to be like Kirsta.

You know, she is 42 now.  That is pretty darn grown up.  She is making responsible and good decisions all the time. I think she is getting a lot of things right.  I want to be like that too.