Relationship Reflection

Everyone needs to have a relationship. Relationships  come in so many different ways. There is the relationship with the doctor, mailman, the pastor at the church, family members, friends, spouses, pets. There are probably much more. What makes relationships important to me, is the respect, honesty, and trust that one must give to have a relationship. I believe that we have to know ourselves before we can go out and try to build something with someone else. There are two people in my life whom relationships I cherish so much.

Reva (My Mom) – She is my right hand. She has been there for me. My mom is a strong woman. She is one of 13 children. She tells me about growing up and how her mother instill the morals and values that she lives by today. The same ones she and my father (who has passed) instill in my two brothers and me. The relationship we have is not perfect but it’s not bad either. We have so much fun some times and then there are days when I do not really want to hear what she may have to say. I have so much respect for her because she is my mother and I would not have it any other way.

Edilma (my sister) – Everyone calls her Dilly. I call her the angel God sent to me. Dilly and I are best friends. We worked together at one of the child development centers on Fort Bragg, NC. She and I have been through a few storms and have been there for each other when all others would turn their back. She was so strong when her mother passed, taking care of her sister until she graduated from high school that same year and getting her into college. She helped me take care of my father until he passed. My parents had adopted her before then. In my darkest hour, a place no one wants to be, when I was hospitalized for 29 days, 13 of those days in ICU. She was there every day. Dilly was working a full time job, taking care of two Chihuahuas, our home we share and the bills, everything just fell on her lap, but she stays on the top of things, coming to see me each day, dealing with the outside pressures of everyday life. I had to go to rehab for 28 days. She was there again every day.

Now two years later she is with me helping me stay above the water. She works so hard and never complains about the bumps and knock she may have on her. I do not see her as a relationship I see her as my sister, my best friend.

Sandra