Who, me?!?

My lovely and beautiful twin called me late last night. I was quite surprised considering it was late (her timezone's an hour ahead of mine), and it was the middle of the week. Our calls are usually reserved for the weekends.

She told me she needed some encouragement. She was on her way to carry out a life-changing decision. I told her I loved her, I was there for her. And then I said, "If you do it, I'll buy you something cute and give it to you when I see you on Tuesday!"

Laughter from her end flooded my ear. "Are you bribing me???"

"No! I'm encouraging you, like you asked!! *insert chuckle here*"

After all was said and done, she called me and told me I better start shopping!

I then confessed, "Ok...so, maybe I did bribe you..."

Is it bad that I bribed my sister to follow through with that tough decision she made last night??

Why did I do it??

The answer is quite simple, because I love her.

She hasn't been her normal self here lately. She's been under a lot of stress. Graduation, less than 3 weeks of school left, filling out grad school applications, work, life. Last night, she made the decision to get rid of some unnecessary stress. When she called me back last night (at 1:30 am her time), I was surprised to hear her sound happy, relieved, laughing, cracking jokes, being her normal self. We talked for over an hour, a real sister heart-to-heart talk, something that hasn't happened in months.

Maybe it was wrong of me to bribe her (although I'm pretty sure the bribe didn't change her decision and was just an added bonus)...

Maybe I'm selfish...

But you know what??

I'm glad she's back!

And I'm especially glad she's happy again!

I've missed her...