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Do Something Different This Year, Whatever It Is

In the book, "Life is Messy" by Matthew Kelly, there was this powerful true story by a friend he knew in Australia who knew two siblings: a brother and sister. The sister's name is Clare, and the brother's name John. Clare grew up in Australia before moving to the United States and getting married. Each year, she saved every penny she could to go home to Australia for a month with her son. During that month, she would visit her relatives; she especially looked forward to spending time with her brother John. John loves his sister and would do anything for her. But year after year, the sister who returned was different from the year before... and very different from the sister he remembered growing up with. After several years, John decided he needed to do something or say something, but he didn't know what. On the last day of Clare's visit that year, he invited her to take a drive with him. They drove around for awhile talking about lots of things, and then Joh...