Russia

Growing up, there were two sisters who were great sisters. Although they were five years apart from one another, they loved each other and got along most of the time. In the early ages of their life, they fought like any other sisters, but as they grew older they became almost like best friends. As they grew older, they dreamed of their weddings they would have. The men they were going to marry and the children they would have. They made a promise to one another that no matter when one of them got married, the other would stand next to her at the altar. The other sister would be her maid of honor.

But sometimes plans don’t always go as we wish.

One of the sisters passed away at the age of twenty years old.

Life was hard for the remaining sister. She was depressed and heartbroken over the fact that her sister would not be there to stand with her as she got married. She would not have the opportunity to become her maid of honor and watch her walk down the aisle. That she would never be there to see the man of her dreams or the children she would have one day.

The same thought crossed the remaining sister’s mind about her sister that had passed. She would never have the opportunity to see her deceased sister walk down the aisle and marry the man that she loved and that she would never have a family of her own.

Over and over, the remaining sister saw life in a negative way. It was unfair that he sister was taken from her at only the age of twenty years old.

When the day came for the remaining sister to get married, she wished her sister were there to stand next to her. But, like any wedding, you always wear “something old.” Therefore, although the deceased sister may not have been there physically, she was there spiritually.

The living sister knew that her sister was watching over her, only smiling at the fact she was finally getting married. (The other sister always joked the remaining one would never get married. Classic sister, right?)

To honor her sister, the living sister wore special hairpieces in her hair on her wedding day. Her sister loved these brown rose jewelry pieces that she owned. So, to honor the sister, she wore them in her hair to remember her.

Life continues to be difficult as the anniversary approaches of the sister that passed. It never gets easy for the living sister. There are so many milestones that occur in life that she wished she could celebrate and cry with her sister.

The remaining sister recently just had a baby boy named Aleksandr. Although she wished her sister was there to meet him, he was born one day before the other sister’s birthday. She was born on February 4^th and Aleksandr was born on February 3^rd. Each year the remaining sister will be able to celebrate the life of her baby boy and remember the life of her beloved sister.