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.
talya
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.
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.)
That happens with clothes with me and my sister 🙂
We never had the clothes issue:)
Loved this! There’s always a surprise waiting for me when I read your posts. xoxoxoxo
Thanks Debbie! Hope you are staying warm:))
It is always a joy to see a new post from you. I want to meet your little sister someday too!
Sweet picture and a nice post! 🙂
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!
Wow 14 months is almost like twins:)
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
Thanks for visiting Dee! I hope you will come back. We love the Domestic Artiste, don’t we? 🙂
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
So good, Talya!
This made me smile. How unfair that people couldn’t see you both as individuals. ♥
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.
Lovely posts about sisters are making me feel what if I had a lovely little sister too…
loved reading it!
Thank you Shelly!
This is sweet…
Enjoyed the read and the flow of it!
Thank you so much!
nice to read your post about getting double bonanza and loved the pic of you and your sis.
That’s a cute post and both looking soo cute in the pics:)
Thank you:)) I remember that day.
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.
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.
Wow! That’s a double treat for you!! Sweet take on the prompt 🙂
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.
Me too Aleshea. I still love to get books!