On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:02:58 -0500, Becca >
wrote:

>Jean B. wrote:
>
>>> Wednesday morning, I am taking my sister's granddaughter to the hair
>>> salon. She is 15, so she is getting highlights, a haircut, a manicure
>>> and a pedicure. She will be surprised, she thinks she is just getting
>>> a haircut, but my sister told me that she would love highlights and it
>>> is ok with her Mom. I am the youngest in the family and I do not have
>>> any grandchildren, so I get to spoil my sisters.
>>
>> Fun, fun! Is she about to go back to school in this spiffy condition?
>
>This will be her freshman year in high school, so she is very excited.
>She is a sweetheart and she is gorgeous. This is her birthday gift and
>I will be getting a haircut at the same time. It will be fun. We will
>go out to lunch and have girl talk.
>
>She is a good kid, the oldest with 4 younger brothers and her parents
>are divorced. Her mother was an alcoholic who stopped drinking 4 years
>ago and her father is a drug addict. When her Mom, who was living in
>Indiana, came home to visit, she told my sister that she was sober and
>wanted to move back. This is why my sister moved out of the house and
>her ex-DIL moved in (the kids were already living there). She has been
>sober for 4 years and she is like a daughter to my sister. My sister has
>5 sons.
>
Your sister sounds like a wonderful person, as do you!



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