Here I sit without my husband for the evening. I blessed him, while already missing him, to have an evening with a guy friend. So, here I sit at the computer and need to find an outlet. Here is a short story that was born out of my state.

Sisters
A short story for Stephanie

In the small town of Carmen, on a hot, sunny day, stood a tall cow in the middle of a yellow pasture. This cow had such a horrid look on her face that those that past stopped to look and ponder. The weather was odd that day in June and while staring at the old cow, people began to feel raindrops sprinkling on their bare shoulders and arms. See in Carmen in June it is summer weather and tang tops are a common article of clothing. An old woman had recently moved into the area to move in with her elderly sister. Both women were widows of a few years and both being alone had decided to become roommates. This warm weather was an adjustment for the elderly sister from Winnipeg because she was used to spontaneous snowstorms in June. See, the cow had brought the two sisters back together again. Years before the sisters had been visiting another state with their families and had spent an evening at the fair. A game that the two sisters had enjoyed as children was tipping cows in the pasture late at night, and trying not to get caught. Well, at the fair that one family day, there was a game with a cow. It involved soft balls, a heifer and stuffed animals for prizes. The sisters had such a blast that they vowed that every time one would see a cow for the rest of their lives, they would say a prayer for the other and call the other sometime that week. So, as the sisters aged, children moved on to start their own families and husbands were laid to rest, the sisters brainstormed about their futures. The two decided to merge households in Carmen, were the younger was located, and begin a cow farm. They had decided that if cows played a part in bonding them together over the years that they could give back to the cow family. So, as owners of a cow farm, the elderly sisters enjoy using their farm mostly as a petting zoo. This brings us back to the cow that day in the yellow pasture with the odd look. This cow was one of heifers from the sister farm that had misplaced her dear sister. The cow was going north and had stopped in her tracks when the breeze that the sisters normally felt while strolling together was felt blowing from the opposite direction than other days. The message of the missing sister was learned by all and news traveled fast through the small town of Carmen. The sister cow was found later that night, beside the pond, sharing with the frogs and toads about giving back to the community and how important sisters are.