Cheer

For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down,

to strengthen whilst one stands.

~ Christina G. Rosetti

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We are trying to teach Elizabeth and Maddie to be nice to one another. It is a challenge. More so for one than the other. Here is an example of a recent exchange:

Maddie: Elizabeth, that shirt makes your eyes look pretty.

Elizabeth: Oh, thank you. Um... Those shoes make your hair look brown.

I should never have told Elizabeth the story of the Nachtigals and how Julie's compliment to MQ was always, "Your hair looks... clean."