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A little while back I wrote a bit about my big sister – I toyed with “older” and then chose big, and there was a little comment made as a result of that choice – oh well. \u00a0I just want to make it clear, it is true that my sister is taller than I am, which makes her just about a giant because I’m about the tallest person of the female persuasion that I know… \u00a0I just want to say that she, no matter what name we call her – Ralleau, Lowo, Super Putib, Dorwa…, is a usually cheerful, encouraging, thoughtful, generous, and amazing sister. \u00a0She is big in my eyes and big in my heart. \u00a0She has been there for our folks while we have been overseas, she is ready with a place for us when we go to southern Calif., she sends care packages out of the blue to our grandkids and us, she is just the BEST. \u00a0BIG!\u00a0I have been looking up to her ever since forever; I liked the colors she liked, I liked the clothes she wore (and I would even borrow them without her permission – sorry!!!) and the way she can play guitar and piano and paint and sew. \u00a0She has been a loving wife and mom and has been someone to look up to and love, all my life. \u00a0She is someone who reminds me of our mom, and who remembers SO many things, funny and silly and sad, that have happened in our family. \u00a0She can make me giggle ’til I cry and amaze me with how much she knows about so many things, from sports to nature to history etc. and back again! \u00a0Just listen to her play Jeopardy – watch out!!! \u00a0Ralleau Elena McDorwa McDalleau t o w g c…. I love you!<\/p>\n

\"blog<\/a>2011, with our stepmom, right after Daddypops died\"LAP\"<\/a> Oh sure, here she is looking sweet and sophisticated while my brother looks mesmerized and I look like an impish fiend! \u00a0You wouldn’t guess from this picture that she would make us pretend to be her circus ponies – she even had us eating raw oats!<\/p>\n

\"blog<\/a>Laughter has been an important part of our lives, especially when our super goofy and super ticklish brother is around!<\/p>\n

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