She described, “They are unusually close.”

I had laughed when someone told me her description of my sister and me. The two asian girls who were sometimes seen as a single unit. But then came college, then graduate school. And the small breaks we had in between.

As little kids, she still played the greatest role as a little sister. When we played tag with other kids, I was always slow and thus always It. She would slow down to let me tag her so that I wouldn’t be It all the time. Then I would obliviously laugh because I didn’t notice she slowed down and laugh running away because I caught her. Although I would be It again within 30 seconds.

Happy birthday, little sis! You’re quarter century old!!!