Day 29

Im grateful for the additional sister I acquired when I married (aka my sister in-law Meredith). That we get along quite well, and that we can hang out together without things feeling awkward of forced, like we have know each other for years, ok well we have know each other for quite a while, but still there is a certain ease and comfort. I suppose there were times I was fearful that I would not fit into the in-law family, that I would always remain an outsider and that I would be like a fifth wheel in a family of four. I was pretty intimidated at first to meet Meredith, afraid I had standards to live up to dating her baby brother, a series of tests that I had to successfully navigate before I could be accepted. Didn't help I could never remember how to spell her name the first few years! Mostly this was probably all fabricated in my head, but present in my head non the less. Now, I am very thankful to have her as my sister in-law, couldn't imagine it any other way. I feel like a part of the family and that I have found, and filled my niche. We may not be best of friends, hanging out together all the time, chatting on the phone, and that is fine. What I think is there is more of a kinship. I feel we balance each other very well, there are many things we share in common, similar traits or things in our personalities that make us very similar, and then there are times we are very different. I am thankful for this, that we have ended up together in the same family, and I am excited as our ever changing family continues to grow and develop together!