Even my aunt Joan, hopelessly sentimental about every member of our family, admitted that I was hideous. |
Even the simplest wicker basket can become priceless when it is loved and cared for through the generations of a family. |
It has not been an easy cross to bear. It has caused considerable confusion. My husband constantly complained about the awkwardness of being married to a woman whom he called Sister. |
It has not been an easy name, yet it has brought me many a laugh. |
My birth certificate read Dorothy May Kinnicutt, but, lest you think that the name "Sister" has any ecclesiastical significance, let me hasten to point out that it was immediately hung on me by my three-year-old brother, Frankie. |
Our American forebears included Cotton Mather and Oliver Wolcott, who signed the Declaration of Independence, and we were told that a strong wire of character stretched from them through all generations of our family. |
People who don't know me lower their eyes in embarrassment when the Lord's name is taken in vain in my presence. |
The last occasions when the timetable of our lives would be interrupted for many years to come. |