Chris and I always wanted a horse. There was a contest to win a free pony and both Chris and I entered to win. We figured that every week we would just switch off, she'd have it one week and I would have it the other. We didn't win of course. I still can't be sure that somehow our parents kept us from getting it. lol

Chris was my cousin. I had 2 cousins, Pat Sisk (Chris' older sister) and Chris. We were a small family. Going to Danville everyother weekend, to Grandma Shipman's house for an awesome dinner of NOODLES, fried chicken, taters, vegatables, beets, bread and butter. And of course Pies!!! Grandma was an awesome cook. Chris and her parents lived next door to Grandma, so often I would spend the night with Chris. She was 6 years older than me, so when I was 10, she was this awesome looking 16 year old, driving her Dad's 66 Ford Fairline. She had a Rambler, I don't think any are left in the USA. (They weren't very good cars) I remember her's didn't have reverse and she forgot and pulled into the driveway she quickly turned and had to drive around the old farm house, of course a cow was out, she didn't know what to do with the cow and I sure didn't know. Darn, cell phones weren't invented yet. We just let the cow go, her Dad Walt would put him away when he came home from Lauhoff. We always went and visited Walt at work, he always had his feet on his desk and was sound asleep haha. Chris and I were as close as sisters, in my heart she will always be my older sister, I miss her so much RIP my beautiful angel in Heaven.