Lucky for me I have sisters to defer to. Sisters are the BEST. Seriously. They have your set of collected experiences, but with their own abilities to guide them. Having a hard time picking a paint color? Call Kimberly. She knows what look you're going for without all of the crazy self-talk about what your husband might say when he sees it. Skidding in icy traffic? You better hope you have Ashley sitting in the passenger's seat. It's not that she can actually give you any driving tips (which is what you think you want), but she helps you laugh at yourself enough to know that, yeah, you do kind of know how to drive and maybe you should chill out. Get the three of us together and we are pretty unstoppable. Creative, practical and organized...it's like the perfect party planner, but a lot louder. Not that we are classic archetypes, we all have a little bit of each other so we are able to be empathetic to each other's needs.
Sisters like mine don't just happen. My parents have always stressed the importance of family, much to my chagrin during my formative years. But they knew what they were doing. They were building a really strong, solid base, for us to rely on.
I would guess the next time my children all look at me with their big, inquisitive eyes asking some obscure science question, the first thing out of my mouth will be "lets call Aunt Ashley and ask her". Because chances are, she's the one who put the science-y thoughts in their heads anyway.
