Imagine two forty-plus sisters; separated by 3.4 years in age and 1,300 miles in distance. Give them completely different lives, backgrounds, and experiences. What could they possibly talk about? Plenty!

We’re BigSis and LilSis, and we talk about the things that make us individual and different, but also the things we share in common. We compare beauty products, recipes, anti-aging treatments, and the never-ending quest for an anti-cellulite product that WORKS without a caffeine buzz! We share our love for God, family, animals, fitness, books, clothes, movies, music, food, art and crafts. We pray for a day when Alzheimers disease and melanoma and heart disease and cancer and Lou Gehrig’s disease are all a thing of the past. We talk about hope and optimism, and the precious fragility of life.

We also talk about another thing we have in common, which is losing our dad in 2007. We agree that we’re choosing to live today for today, and not regret yesterday or worry about tomorrow. We want to live with the expectation that today is all we have, and we’re going to celebrate it and not delay the things that are important to us. We love what Dave Matthews said in “Two Step”:

“Celebrate we will, for life is short but sweet for certain”

That brings us to BigSisLilSis. We have things to share and we want to do it now. We’re as different as we can be and as alike as we can be. We’re sisters, we’re friends, and we love to talk!

After remaining anonymous for over a year, on October 25, 2009, we made the decision to step out from behind the caricatures and make our real faces known to our readers. This photo of us at the Elton John Red Piano Concert in Las Vegas is the first photo that we decided to share. That trip was a very special one for both of us, as it ended up being the last trip we took with our dad.