Christy called me a few months back with an idea and I knew right away that I wanted to be apart of it. Christy's mom, Jeanie had been wrestling with the idea of going grey for a while. The idea was proving harder to process than first anticipated and Jeanie was growing sad at the idea of giving up this tradition of so many years. This mother and daughter duo have always been extremely close and Christy began cheering her mom on convincing her that it was not the end of something but rather the beautiful start of something new! Somewhere amidst their conversations and to her own surprise Christy began slowly convincing herself of the freedom that going grey could provide and she decide
It was my sister Christina's 30th birthday. Her husband hatched a plan to fly all of my sister's into St. Louis for a fast and furious girls weekend! We hadn't all been in the same state for three years! I can't even tell you how much of a blessing it was to finally all be together. It's funny how you don't even notice your relationship with your siblings during the teenage years. You take them for granted and treat them like sub-class citizens. Then you are completely shocked when you move away and your heart aches for them. For the familiarity. The inside jokes. The love. There are 8 Wells kids total. 5 girls and 3 boys. It dawned on me how our parents gave us an absolutely incredible
