growing up

I am proud to say that my sister in law has grown up, for real.  My brother and his family has had several difficult years, and they were all going down different paths and I did not think any of them would end up together, Father, Mother, Daughter and Son.  All going elsewhere.  But things happen, and my sister in law Lisa has taken life by the reins and is working her tail off to make her family a real one again.  She is amazing.  I "get" her much more than most other people, we are so much alike.  But she was much younger than I was when she got married and had kids, and she is doing things that make me so happy for her, because she has changed and grown as a woman, a person, a mother, and maybe even a wife (if wives actually need to or could grow!).  I have confidence that she will lead the family down the right path, and I am never, ever going to desert her again.  She would fit in well out here in Auburn with my friends.  She's a good egg.