A silly argument left two sisters
bitter after the death of their mother. For years, they barely spoke,
and rarely saw one another. If the truth were known, they could hardly
remember what the �squabble� was about. An aunt thought it was over a
piece of cheap costume jewellery they both wanted because it �looked so
much like mother�.
One night the seventeen-year-old
son of the younger sister was seriously injured in a car wreck. When
word reached the boy�s estranged aunt, her heart was broken. Visions of
her own son raced through her mind as she began to weep. She also
pictured the tormented face of her younger sister. As she thought about
her, she saw her as a little girl playing with her dolls; a teenage
getting ready for her first date; a beautiful bride; a wife; a mother.
The �squabble� seemed so petty now.
The older sister jumped into her
car and raced across town to the hospital where her sister�s family was
waiting.... praying for the boy. When she entered the hospital waiting
room and saw her sister for the first time in years, she ran to her,
hugged her, and said, "I�m sorry".
How sad that she didn�t say it
sooner. How wonderful that she did and how much more wonderful that she
became reconciled with her sister before any more precious time had
passed!
