The beach girls...

One of my sweet readers asked me the other day what the story was behind the little girls on the figurine. Well, here you go...

Many years ago after our kids were all grown and married, my sister and her husband came down to visit and from there we all went to the beach together. That was around mid-September. That October I was buying presents to put in the box I did for my sister for her birthday. I found this figurine at my daughter's work. So I got us each one to commemorate the first trip we ever took to the beach together.

I loved it because it was the beach obviously, but more importantly the little girls look close in age like me and my sister. Mom used to make our clothes a lot when we were younger so we did have some matched or similar made outfits. These little girls don't have on shoes and we grew up in the country so we were always barefoot.

In the figurine they are on the seashore where there were little shells in the sand and the littlest girl is holding a seashell she found. When we went to Panama City Beach the first time, we took a cruise on the Captain Anderson out to Shell Island. We got to get off the boat and spend an hour on the island which is uninhabited. We walked around and gathered shells and got in the crystal blue water of the Gulf Coast. 

After we got back on the bus, we went out to where the dolphins play and we got to watch tons of dolphins. We were 400 miles from Mexico, which is the closest either one of us will ever make it. We were late getting back to shore because a couple on the boat misjudged the time and didn't make it back like they were supposed so the boat had to wait on them. We were about 100 miles from shore when we were boarded by the Coast Guard. This was just a couple of years after 911 and they were worried we had entered into international waters and had been hijacked. They walked the boat with their guns on to make sure everyone was okay and they followed us back into the harbor. 

It was scary and thrilling and something to laugh about for years to come. Add all that to the fact that the figurines is from a line of products called "Mama Says" and the fact this one is called "Take Care of Your Sister."

Add in the fact that me and my sister are 13 months apart and have always been close and best friends. The verse quoted on the bottom, Romans 12:10 says Be devoted to one another in love. Rachel and I have been devoted to each other since we were born. Two closer sisters would be hard to find. She will be 63 in October and I will be 62 in December. We can't imagine life without each other. Now I guess you can see why the little girl figurine means so much to me. I am glad I was asked for the story behind the little girls. Thank you Linda for asking about the story of the little girls. As the late Paul Harvey would say... 

Now you know the rest of the story.