Cleaning, sorting and culling. That’s my life. It should have been my life for a long time but hey — I am doing it now and I have learned a great deal as a result.

The number one thing I have learned is –what a great life I have had so far. It’s actually pretty amazing.

Front and foremost — my siblings. Today I was telling a friend about my siblings and it got me to thinking about how great they actually are. I am the baby of 4 and love my brothers and older sister more than words can say. We support each other through thick and thin and since we no longer have parents that are alive that connect us, we have made a conscious choice to make sure that we keep those bonds close.

As I sort and sift, I find pictures that make me smile. Especially the pictures of us as children. My dad was very good at taking pictures of all of us. His documentation of us at various ages is really priceless.

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This year Chris and I were unable to make it to our yearly week at Lakeside, Ohio and my sister got Aaron to photoshop me into the annual “Sibling Picture at Lakeside”. Never mind that he used a picture of me where my hair was windblown and crazy. I love the sentiment and it made me love my siblings even more.

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