Totsiens

...that's Afrikaans for "goodbye," or so Google tells me.

Last night I said goodbye to one of my favorite people in the world--my little sister. I can't say she is THE favorite, what with having a husband and kids and amazing parents and five other pretty fantastic siblings, etc, etc. But can I say what a balm to my soul she has been in the weeks she has been staying at the homestead?

Hollijo is pretty amazing stuff. She just left the army after five years of diligent work and service. And she is right now on a plane to South Africa to live out a dream she's had since she was a kid. I will always look up to my little sister.