Sis needs a new name... How 'bout "Talent"?

We returned Talent back to her rightful owners and I'm pretty sure our parents were glad to have her back. It's hard to tell with an almost 16-year-old. The rents haven't seen her in about 10 days, they smile huge, give a big hug then a moment of oh-lordy-she's-back passes across their faces. Fifteen is hard on parents and the fifteen year old.
Obviously, my parents are older. My brother is 30 and I'm 28; then followed Talent 13 years later. Good thing Talent is a good kid, if they had me and my brother at that age while they're this age... let's just say there's strength in numbers and Bub and I were ruthless.
Talent and I had a great time. She's at a very cool age where our relationship is becoming more Friends than Big Sister/Little Sister. We don't see each other very often and this was the first time we actually had grown-up conversations and I felt comfortable taking her to hang out with my friends. Many times I had to remind myself she is only fifteen.
We went to a couple of cookouts where she fit right in. Partly because I have great friends who made her feel comfortable, and partly because she's just cool.
There is also the unsettling fact she does not look fifteen that must be addressed. She has all those things I want: curly hair, height, and big boobs. Frankly, at almost 30, I deserve them more. I just do. I got carded for a bottle of wine; The Mister and Talent did not have to produce such proof. Talent never wanted her own adult beverages, but she did taste a few things with various meals. She's responsible and certainly did not get that from me.
I am just amazed at the woman she's becoming. She's a talented artist and is looking into The Corcoran School of Art as well as a few others. My hope is she will choose the Corcoran, and they will choose her as well. If that happened, The Mister has plans to move to a larger place with an extra bedroom so she could live with us. That's two years away, so we shall see what happens.
For now, I am looking forward to my Alone-Time, but I am really going to miss her.
She's just great. This pic is from us making personlized beach towels for our niece and newphew. We're going to give the towels to them during our beach trip in August and we are very very excited... obviously... only excited, crafty people would make towels, right?