Making up
Roena, age 2 and Patty age 1
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I dont believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers.
It makes them siblings. Gives them matuality of parentage Sisterhood and
brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.
Three of a kind
left to right: Frances, Patty and Roena
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Three of a kind in 1946
left to right: Patty,Frances, Alberta
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Four Cochran Sisters in 1949
left to right: Frances, Roena, Alberta, Patty
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Having a sister means having one of the most beautiful and unique of human relationships.
Florence and Raymond Cochran
with four daughters in 1997.
From left
Roena, Patty, Frances and Alberta.
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SISTERS
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| Often in old age, sisters become each others chosen
and most happy companions. In addition to their shared memories of childhood and of
their relationship to each other's children, they share memories of the same home,
the same homaking style, and the same small prejudices about housekeeping that carry
the echoes of their mother's voice. |
In the life of
S I S T E R S
While I know myself as a creation of God,
I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and every
thing else are also God's creation.
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Freedom is the positive possession of only those sisters
who have the courage to defend it.
Then there were three: Roena, Patty, Frances
1944
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We are four sisters. The oldest born August 1940 and the
youngest born October 1944. Thus from beginning to end there is
4 years, 1 month and 26 days. The four of us have and always have
had, four totally different personalities.
Even though we are all in our 60's this year, we continue to enjoy
each others company, the fun of being together and many times reverting
back to our younger years. We know each other as if we were one.
We are close and have a bond many siblings never have the joy of experiencing.
left to right, Alberta, Roena, Frances
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A sister is a friend who listens with her heart.
1979 Grown Up
left to right, Roena, Patty, Frances, Alberta
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Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future.
Easter May 23, 2000 left to right, Frances, Patty, Alberta, Roena
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Can we have some help?
Roena and Patty on handle, Frances holding bucket.
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1945 and the sisters number four.
Roena, Alberta, Patty and Frances.
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One's sister is a part of one's essential self, an eternal presence of one's heart and soul and memory.
Patty, Alberta, Roena and Frances.
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1952 Four sisters leaving school
Frances, Roena, Alberta, Patty.
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For there is no friend like a sister in calm and 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.
Florence and Raymond Cochran
60th Wedding Anniversary June 11, 1999
their four daughters
From left
Roena, Patty, Frances and Alberta.
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STATISTICS
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| According to statistics, one out of four people in the
United States is unbalanced. I find there's no need to be concerned unless you
have three sisters who seem perfectly normal. |
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