I have to put The Two Beauties in the same post because they are really two halves of the same whole. I have never seen two sisters who are so different and yet so close. Beauty One is fiercely independent, confident and has a serious shoe fetish. The girl has 50 pair of shoes. It's ridiculous. She graduated from high school two years ago and has no idea what she wants to be or any plans for the future. Right now her immediate plans are to find and job and save money to go to Australia for her sister's wedding in February. Beyond that....???? That's OK though. She's young and fearless. Her possibilities are endless. She is also the peacemaker in the family. By peacemaker I don't mean quietly or gently telling her sisters that they are behaving badly. She keeps the peace by saying things like "Shut up, Stupid! Why are you acting like that?" or "Oh no, you did not just say that." or "Ima punch your face if you don't get up and do it now!" And inexplicably, the younger girls jump to it and do whatever it is their sister wants them to do. I didn't realize how much of an influence Beauty One has over her sisters until she left us for several months after her senior year. I lost complete control of her two younger sisters because I have a hard time being tough on them and their father is even worse than I am...lucky for us, they are just naturally good girls...but when Beauty One came home, the balance was restored. She quickly put all the younger girls in their place and with a few well said "shut up, Stupids" the girls were again giving us the respect we deserved. Well...kinda. As much respect as you can get from teenagers.
Beauty One has a quick wit and finds everything funny. She has too many friends and spends hours on the phone. Everyone who meets her loves her and wants to hang out with her. Including her younger sisters who absolutely IDOLIZE her. Because she is so fun and also so pretty, she can get away with murder. When she's in trouble she smiles this huge smile and says "OK!" in a high pitched "I couldn't possibly do anything wrong" voice and you just let her get away with it. Everyone does. The only person this doesn't get by is her Auntie. It doesn't fool her ONE BIT. But I'm telling you, this girl is the WHOLE package. Smart, sweet, beautiful and fun. I don't know what she will end up doing with herself but I can guarantee that she will be just fine. This girl can take care of herself. She is the first of my stepchildren to ever say the words "I love you" to me and she will probably never know how much that means.
Beauty Two is 3 years younger than her big sister. Where Beauty One is loud and flirty, Beauty Two is quiet and shy. Beauty One flirts with boys just to flirt. She has no intention of getting into a "relationship" with a boy, she just likes the attention. Beauty Two also likes the attention unless it's a boy she really likes. Then she clams up and won't say a word. I'm sure that most of the boys she wants really do like her as much but they think she doesn't give a crap about them cuz she won't even give them the time of day. She is quiet, unless she's with her sisters or her friends, super smart (she gets the best grades of all my girls), she's every teachers pet and they let her get away with just about anything. If the girls in her class aren't her friend, they at least know who she is. She's also a really good basketball player and is just naturally athletic. She's good at anything she tries to do.
Beauty Two is also the moodiest of the beauties. When she is mad or doesn't get her way she can make the whole house miserable. Nothing can pull her out of her bad moods unless its new clothes, new shoes or just giving her money. She loves to drive anything, wants a Range Rover when she gets her license (yeah right, good luck with that) and she's the daughter who put the first big ding in my beautiful Expedition (ARGGGGG!!!!!) But you can't be mad at her cuz she can cry with the best of them. Out of all the girls she demands the most attention and you just naturally want to give it to her. She's also the most helpful to me as far as housework and dinner. She's always lending a hand and steps it up a notch or two especially when she wants something (which is pretty much all the time). Beauty Two and the little tomato fight constantly. Over everything. It makes me crazy. But they can be ready to kill each other one minute and be laughing hysterically the next. They usually start laughing when I start yelling cuz even though I think I am really scary and ferocious, they just think I'm hilarious.
The two Beauties together is really something wonderful to behold. Beauty One looks out for her sister even if it's just to tell her that her outfit looks bad. (Ummm...you're really not going out like that, are you?) When the girls were living out of the country, Beauty One made sure that the money we sent her was allocated where it needed to be and that her little sister had the things she needed. When it came time for the girls to come here and live, it was Beauty One who insisted that Beauty Two needed to come with her and not be left behind. When they are at home, they talk all night about everything. There are no secrets between them and when one or the other feels that it is a secret that needs to be told to me or her father they give each other the encouragement to do it. The do each other's hair, they share each other clothes and jewelry and when they are married one day and having babies, they will raise each other's children. They are EVERYTHING two sisters should be to each other.
My hope is that they will never take each other for granted, they will never have a fight that can't be patched up in five minutes, they will always live within driving distance or at least texting distance of each other. I hope they will always know how much I admire them, how much I love them and how blessed I am to have them in my life.
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