ESP

Do you have a relationship with someone where you are so connected, you know that there has to be something to ESP?

I do. My sister. Since I was about 15, we've been connected in such a way that when I was in my 20's, I used to joke that if I had sex, she lit a cigarette. Maybe we were connected before that, but if so, I didn't realize it. We are 16 years apart, so it's not like we grew up whispering confidences to each other late at night in the den.

Tonight, I just felt so low. So low, and without an immediately discernible reason. (I know, I know, my daughter has cancer. Believe it or not, you don't brood on that 24-7. At a certain point, it becomes normal and you get on with life. Until the next scans, anyway.)

So, I just had this overpowering compulsion that I must call my sister. I did and poof -- that's why the blue feeling. She is low.

We talked. And connected. But ...

Yet another dilemma of the minister ... the irony, that often you can't minister to those you love most.