Reunited and it feels so good

Its been a few months now since my oldest daughter and her younger sister reconnected.  What should have been a very difficult situation has instead turned out to be full of joy.  We expected the girls to need time to get to know each other and planned to ease them into the relationship.  Instead not only have we spent numerous hours as a family but the other mom and I both agree it feels like we've always been in each other's lives.

I've always been fascinated by the stories of adults who find each other after they were separated as children.  All the news stories talk about how they laugh the same, walk the same, even speak in unison.   Here's a great story about long lost siblings. 

The two girls are so very much alike, even though there is a 5 year difference.  I'm so thankful they didn't  have to wait until they were in their 30's or 40's to find each other.  The bonus part of the story is that my 6 year old feels like she gained a sister too.  All three of them talk about their sisters.   There are no halves in this story.  The three of them are whole.  One day the age gap will close and they will be able to enjoy movies and music, and probably theater together.  All three of them are animal lovers with the two older girls wanting to be vets and my youngest, a zoo keeper.  All three of them laugh with abandon.   They scrunch up their faces when they smile.  They talk with their hands.  They love to draw and dance and sing.  I can't wait to see their relationship continue to progress.  It is an adventure of the greatest kind. 

A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double.  ~Toni Morrison