Today is my sister’s birthday.  Janice is the oldest of the seven siblings in my family.  She’s the mother of two - Charmaine (Reasoned Audacity) and Gil (a college professor and entrepreneur).  She’s also the grandmother of seven.

  

 In the above photos, the first is Janice as an infant, and in the second picture, she’s the one in the black outfit holding the baby (at the time) Beth.  Interesting/Funny sidenote: Just looking at that photo, I realize that FIVE of the people in the photo have blogs!  (Terry has Alone on a Limb, Joan has Daddy’s Roses, my mother has Ruthlace, then Beth has Blue Star Chronicles and then I have this blog.  The two in the photo who don’t have blogs - Janice and Debi - make their living writing and/or speaking professionally. And the seventh sib, David, wasn’t born yet when this photo was taken - and he doesn’t have a blog either.)

And here is Janice with our Mother.

Janice was/is such a good “big sis” - always taking care of us younger ones and being like a second mother at times.  I remember growing up, I always looked up to her and Joan because they were so grown-up.  She’s a smart lady, too - got her Ph.D. and she speaks literally all over the world about Christian women issues.

So happy birthday to Janice - the greatest big sister in the world.

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