Living
in Texas, we don't always rarely get cold weather. BUT tonight, we are
supposed to have a cold front!
The
possibility of ice got me thinking about Frozen. If you have not seen Frozen, do so!! It is quite possibly
my favorite Disney movie.
Frozen, in turn, made me think about my sister and all the
memories we have growing up together. So, today, in honor of ice in Texas, Frozen’s greatness, and my incredible sister, Kara, I share with
you a few of the great moments of the:
Hastings Sisterhood.
1. Hand-prints
welts
In
one of my earliest memories of Kara and I, we had just gotten out of the
bathtub. (Keep in mind that she is five years older than I.)
“Holly, I wonder if it will hurt you more, if I hit you
when you are wet instead of when you are dry?
when you are wet instead of when you are dry?
And then, without warning, WHACK... The sensation of stinging
pain ripped through my back, and I stood in utter shock and pain as tears
started to flow.
Kara
says: “Wow!! I can see my handprint on your back!”
Yes,
I did get her in trouble. Extremely well-deserved
trouble.
2. Wicked Queen
“Who
wants to play wicked queen?!”
Kara convinced Ben, my older brother, and I
that it would be fun to play… on more
than one occasion. (Which yes, I realize
says more about my intelligence level than hers) She got to be wicked queen,
and Ben was her bodyguard. I was the slave that had to do EVERYTHING
the Wicked Queen Kara asked.
… A
visit to the ER later, my chipped tooth and 3 stitches caused Wicked Queen to
be banned from our household.
3. Persecuted Teens
Moving into my early teenage years, one night Kara wanted to feel like what a persecuted
Christian might experience… So, she made us sleep with the window open
in our room one November night
WITHOUT blankets so we could experience the coldness of an Asian prison.
My mother did not appreciate that experiment…
My mother did not appreciate that experiment…
4. Sweet 18
On
Kara's 18th birthday, she wanted to know what it might be like to be
tortured for Christ and then have to live disabled…. (If you’re sensing a
theme, yes, she was called to missions!) She made me lead her around our house
blindfolded, so she could experience the difficulties of living as a blind
person. I’ll never forget that she was
wearing her old, rattiest green sweatshirt with a duck that said “Duck the
Halls” with Christmas lights wrapped around its’ head, and bright red sweatpants.
To
her shock and probably horror, we had planned a surprise birthday for her, and
so her request to be blindfolded helped us out perfectly…..But all of her
friends saw her in that outfit… blindfolded with a cane. Sweet vindication I say. :)
I
won't even begin to tell you of the number of times she's accidentally seared
my forehead with a curling iron while doing my hair, or licked her finger and
applied saliva to my face, as she did my make-up…. But through all the years
and all the memories our Hastings Sisterhood is stronger than frozen’s and I am so thankful that God blessed me with a sister
like Kara… I couldn’t ask for a better one.
If you have siblings, let this cold weather remind you of
the blessing of family.
And maybe let them
know that they are “someone worth melting for.”
– Olaf, the snowman from frozen
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