*lights come up solely on Peter*

     For two years now I’ve been waiting and working! It’s easy

 enough to get a girl to like you when you’re in my profession,

but to get her to really love you, my G-d it’s hard! I am so

lucky to have found Martha, she doesn’t care if I can get a job,

or make money, she believes that I can! That’s all that matters

to me. She believes in me and she loves me, I couldn’t be

luckier! My Martha…*drifts off*

    There are others though, who have made a difference in my

life my sister, Abby, and my best friend, who might as well be

another sister, Ruhe. If it weren’t for Ruhe, I would never be

here, at my wedding, in the first place. She was the one who

introduced me to Martha.

     Ruhe and Abby have been friends ever since junior high but,

when we got to high school though they were suddenly

surrounded by others. My two "sisters" weren’t in the same

classes and hardly ever saw each other. Therefore, on

weekends Ruhe would always be over at my parent’s house

with Abby and me. One weekend when Ruhe came over she

brought along a friend. It turned out to be Martha, I didn’t

know that then. That day all I knew was that Ruhe’s new friend

was drop dead gorgeous!

     Martha, as I soon learned she was called, had long black,

straight hair. She had these eyes that made me feel as if she

could see through me and her voice…wow! Her voice was

high, and melodic, and absolutely beautiful. It’s too bad she

doesn’t think so.

     I know Ruhe never intended for Martha and I to get

together. In fact, I remember the day Martha and I told Ruhe-

she was shocked! She never admitted it, but she got scared!

The first day we told her, she was thrilled, it was so clear she

was ready to jump through the roof because of it. By the

second day…well, I remember hugging her, but she didn’t hug

me back like normal. She seemed scared and I think she was. I

don’t know why she never said anything about it, but not a

word escaped her lips. Ruhe is without a doubt one of the

warmest, most caring people I’ve ever known and I am blessed

to have her as a friend.

     There’s always a back story to everything, as I keep

demonstrating. The one of how I met Ruhe is not one of

particular interest and yet, it’s one that makes me feel incredibly

connected to both of my sisters, the one who is related to me

by blood and the one who is not. When Abby and I were in

sixth grade I remember every night at dinner she would talk

about this one girl named Ruhe. I’d want to talk about my new

buddy John, but it was constantly "Ruhe did this, and Ruhe did

that". I never even got a chance to talk about my new friend,

who later became Abby’s boyfriend!

     One night I actually did confront Abby about this. She told

me she did not do what I said she did! *rolls eyes* Sisters! We

kept bickering for half an hour. Then the doorbell rang and it

was for Abby. She and I kept yelling at each other all the way

down the stairs. When we got to the front door there was

Ruhe. Abby and I were still arguing until Ruhe told us to be

quiet. Abby was stunned! I was unused to how quiet Ruhe

normally was and didn’t notice. Ruhe sat Abby and me down

and began to talk some sense into us.

     Abby and I owe Ruhe a lot for that. Ever since that day,

when Ruhe helped us work through that problem Abby and I

have always managed to talk things out, instead of screaming at

each other. If Ruhe had never entered our lives, I doubt Abby

and I would see how lucky we are to have each other.

     Who I saw Abby as then and who I see her as now are two

totally different people. Now what I see in Abby, though I do

recognize her faults, is a sister. Someone who is related to me

by blood, and yet by so much more! Abby catches me every

time I fall; she’s always there for me. She’s always proud of

me, even if the only thing I do is have a half way decent lesson.

It explains why Abby, Ruhe, and I are such a great family and

such great friends and it also explains why when Martha was

ready to marry into our family she received the warmest

welcomes from the people I loved!

      I am blessed with a family who loves me and cares deeply

about me. With Martha marrying into this family, it just

continues to grow! I am so lucky to have Martha. The past two

years have been hard and full of working and waiting, but in the

end, it is always worth it!

*lights go down on Peter*