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My Little Sister

January 5, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner 26 Comments

Curled inside my polka dot sleeping bag, I hid underneath the dining room table reading.
 
Momma said I would catch a cold lying on the floor, but the furnace warmed the air, and I was comfortable.
            
Santa brought me a whole stack of books. 
 
He brought my little sister a huge stack too.
 
Even though I was two years, nine months and seven days older, everyone—even Santa—treated us like twins and assumed we enjoyed the same things.
 
My sister would never read her new books.
 
So really I got a double stack of books, and she got shortchanged.

beanbag chairs, 1970s

talya
 
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This was written for Write Tribe  100 Words on Saturday Prompt #1 – My Little Sister.
(This is also a snippet from my book, reworked to fit the prompt.)
100 Words on Saturday - Write Tribe

Filed Under: Family, Memories, Reading & Books Tagged With: 100 Words on Saturday, creative writing prompt, little sister, The Secret Garden

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Comments

  1. Nabanita says

    January 5, 2014 at 5:43 am

    That happens with clothes with me and my sister 🙂

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 5, 2014 at 6:21 am

      We never had the clothes issue:)

      Reply
  2. Debbie Arnold says

    January 5, 2014 at 5:59 am

    Loved this! There’s always a surprise waiting for me when I read your posts. xoxoxoxo

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 5, 2014 at 6:21 am

      Thanks Debbie! Hope you are staying warm:))

      Reply
  3. Colene says

    January 5, 2014 at 8:12 am

    It is always a joy to see a new post from you. I want to meet your little sister someday too!

    Reply
  4. payal agarwal says

    January 5, 2014 at 9:08 am

    Sweet picture and a nice post! 🙂

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  5. Jennifer says

    January 5, 2014 at 12:18 pm

    My sister and I were treated like twins too! We were 14 months apart, but we were dressed alike for the first 6 years of my life!

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 5, 2014 at 10:21 pm

      Wow 14 months is almost like twins:)

      Reply
  6. Dee Nash says

    January 5, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    Oh, my, that made me smile. I also loved books. Getting a whole stack is priceless. Getting two is even better. Your poor sis. I found you over on the Domestic Artiste.~~Dee

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 5, 2014 at 10:21 pm

      Thanks for visiting Dee! I hope you will come back. We love the Domestic Artiste, don’t we? 🙂

      Reply
  7. Dee Nash says

    January 5, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    Oh, my, that made me smile. I also loved books. Getting a whole stack is priceless. Getting two is even better. Your poor sis. I found you over on the Domestic Artiste.~~Dee

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  8. Dorothy Johnson says

    January 5, 2014 at 5:21 pm

    So good, Talya!

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  9. Kathy Combs says

    January 5, 2014 at 5:52 pm

    This made me smile. How unfair that people couldn’t see you both as individuals. ♥

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 5, 2014 at 10:20 pm

      Oh it wasn’t that big a deal Kathy. Momma always made most of our clothes and dressed us alike because it was probably easier to buy one bolt of fabric – LOL.

      Reply
  10. shellymona says

    January 5, 2014 at 7:50 pm

    Lovely posts about sisters are making me feel what if I had a lovely little sister too…
    loved reading it!

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 5, 2014 at 10:19 pm

      Thank you Shelly!

      Reply
  11. Locomente says

    January 5, 2014 at 9:11 pm

    This is sweet…
    Enjoyed the read and the flow of it!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 5, 2014 at 10:19 pm

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  12. Kalpana Solsi says

    January 6, 2014 at 12:12 am

    nice to read your post about getting double bonanza and loved the pic of you and your sis.

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  13. vishalbheeroo says

    January 6, 2014 at 5:08 am

    That’s a cute post and both looking soo cute in the pics:)

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 6, 2014 at 5:57 am

      Thank you:)) I remember that day.

      Reply
  14. Freeda Baker Nichols says

    January 6, 2014 at 5:54 am

    I, too, have a little sister, who grew up to be taller than me. She became an artist and I became a writer. Recently, she painted the cover for my first novel. We had such fun working with that. She’s in California and I’m in Arkansas, so we communicated with the ‘Net. Reminded us of those early years and playing with paper dolls. I’m two and a half years older. I too loved books. You have an admirable blog, Talya. Maybe we will meet someday, at Hemingway’s Retreat.

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 6, 2014 at 5:56 am

      I hope so Freeda! And I plan to read your books this year too:)) Thanks for commenting and for the nice thoughts on my blog.

      Reply
  15. Shilpa Garg says

    January 6, 2014 at 6:59 am

    Wow! That’s a double treat for you!! Sweet take on the prompt 🙂

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  16. Aleshea Dominique says

    January 11, 2014 at 8:22 pm

    She sure did get short changed. Books were always one of my favorite gifts to receive. A gift card to a book store in I was in heaven cause that meant I got to pick out the books.

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 12, 2014 at 4:40 am

      Me too Aleshea. I still love to get books!

      Reply

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