Like Water for Chocolate

When I went away to college my parents heaved a big sigh of relief. Maybe now, they thought, our second child can find a spotlight. I don’t see Susan waiting till Sally’s gone to grab center stage, though (despite this picture), and if they gang up on Spot and dress her like a princess, it won’t be nearly as traumatizing as it was for my brother.

In a few years I’ll probably have to tell Sally what my dad once told me: Someday you’ll actually choose to spend time with your sisters instead of your friends. And maybe someday, though I hope not, someday you’ll wish you could give your sister a kidney, or a lung, or anything, if only you could do something to help.

Sally, Susan, and Spot: I’ve already given you the best thing a mother could ever give a daughter, and someday you’ll believe me.

Deadline on the Nora Roberts/Joan Wickersham giveaway is midnight Wednesday.

Wordless Wednesday