MY STEP SISTER JULIE

MY STEP SISTER AND I WERE THE SAME AGE, BUT DIFFERENT PARENTS. HER AND I SELDOM GOT ALONG. WE BOTH HAD DIFFERENT UPBRINGINGS AND SHE HAD BEEN TAUGHT NOT TO EVER SAY NO AND ALWAYS AGREE NO MATTER WHAT. HER MOTHER HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN AND SHE CAME TO LIVE WITH US. SO, GUESS WHO WAS ALWAYS IN TROUBLE? ME!!! I WAS VERY JEALOUS OF HER AND THAT I GOT IN TROUBLE ALOT AND MUCH WAS BY HER HAND. I REALIZED LATER IN LIFE THAT SHE WAS JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE, AS WAS I. HOWEVER, I NEVER UNDERSTOOD HOW TO NOT BE ME!!! LOL!!! HER LIFE LATER WAS AS HEARTBREAKING AS WAS MINE, AND IT TOOK YEARS TO REUNITE EVEN FOR A SHORT TIME. WHEN MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY, I CONTACTED HER AND SHE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH DAD. SHE HATED MY MOTHER AND WHAT SHE STOOD FOR AND BLAMED DAD FOR ALLOWING THE ABUSE. I HAD GONE THROUGH MY BAD TIME AND WAS FINDING MYSELF, BUT MOSTLY MY SAVIOR, AND UNDERSTOOD HOW SHE FELT, BUT MORE THAN THAT I UNDERSTOOD FORGIVENESS. I WROTE HER A LONG LETTER AND EXPLAINED WHAT I HAD BEEN THROUGH AND MY AWAKENING. SHE CALLED MY DAD AND THEY REUNITED. HE TRAVELED TO SEE HER BEFORE HE DIED AND HER AND I HAVE KEPT IN TOUCH AT LEAST AT OUR BIRTHDAYS AND CHRISTMAS. SHES NOT MUCH OF A WRITER, DOESN'T HAVE A CELL PHONE OR COMPUTER AND LIVES A VERY SIMPLE LIFE IN THE BOONIES IN OKLAHOMA. I HOPE SOMEDAY WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN, BUT AT LEAST FORGIVENESS TOOK PLACE FOR ALL OF US; BUT BETTER YET, MY DAD GOT TO REUNITE WITH HER AGAIN.