My sister called last night. She lives far away, and I haven't spoken to her in over 2 years. I've tried email, and old addresses from time to time, but she's had a bit of a normadic lifestyle for many years, and so I wasn't surprised that I couldn't reach her.
She's been ill; her words were that she'd "flat-lined" a couple of times over the past year. She's married and sound good. We've both lost touch with our older brother in Florida as well, so it's not just us. We lost our mother, who was the glue holding our lives together, and so we'll all moved on. She (mom) would be sad; she taught us that family always comes first. It's just that we all three have different families.
I'm glad she called. I"ll keep her number off caller-i.d.