“And I am afraid…I guess that’s my secret,” she said, her voice shaking.
It was during Frank Warren (the creator of PostSecret) keynote at SXSW. She said that her sister was supposed to make it to SXSW but only recently found out she wasn’t going to live. The girl at the microphone recited her sister’s blog url and said in tears…that she was afraid.
The many secrets that were revealed during the keynote were heartbreaking, but to me, this was the most. Because there are times that I wake up from a nightmare in fear that my lifelong companion—my sister was no longer around. But no she’s living the life of an optometry student in the dead of Orange County still. They often say that nobody can understand you as well as siblings.
It’s often that we hear “I am jealous of what you two have.”
And once too, someone said, “It’s like you two are dating.” Only because we talk almost every day in some digital form. Be it phone, facebook, im, etc.
Friends come and go, but siblings are forever.
Thank you for this post. I am the girl who was at that microphone. My sister has host vs. graft disease. She had a stem cell transplant and basically her body is attacking the donated cells. She may survive, but surviving with host vs. graft disease is quite a fight. If you’d like to show her some support, her blog is debutaunt.com. I’d really appreciate it.
Sisters have to stick together. Your love for your sister will get you through anything ;).
I hope you had a great time at SxSW. Have a great week!
BTW, I’m sorry a motorist almost hit you. That’s a bummer. Most motorists around Austin are much nicer to pedestrians.