We have reached the halfway point in Lent — yay us!  Lent has been just what it should be — difficult and beautiful and really, really long.  I know it has been good for me, how about you? Well, on to the takes… ~1~ It’s My Little Sister’s Birthday! My sister is hilarious.  She really is.  She’s got 8 kids, plus one in heaven, and she is one of those people who puts you at ease because she’s just so darn real.  The stories she can tell about her crazy life — she should be the one writing a blog! When we were growing up, she used to run to me when any…