my sister is half full

I love my big sister.
She has such a great sense of humor and a positive outlook. I love that she sees life with her glass half full.
She laughs alot, even in the face of some pretty tough times.
She called this morning at 6:45am
She, my 85 year old mother, niece and great niece are driving from Texas for a visit. they had stopped at a hotel for the night and in the morning our mother who has Parkinson's fell out of the bed.
Luckily she wasn't hurt badly, just scraped and bloodied elbows and they had to call for help to get her up.
As my sister is telling me this on the phone, she starts out by saying, I just wanted to call and tell you about our latest adventure. She then proceeds to tell me what had happened. She is laughing and then tells me how cute the guys were who came to help. I can hear my mother in the background agreeing with her on the cuteness of the guys.
Ya gotta love her. She made the best of the situation, chose to see the humor in it and keeping a positive focus on the benefits of continuing the trip so our mother could see the grandchildren and most of the great grandchildren that she hasn't met.

Is my sister being realistic? Did it scare her? Of course it did. She is the care giver of our mother and knows better than anyone else what could have happened. Did she dwell on what could have happened or what could still happen if they continued on the trip, being a long way from home in case it had been serious? She made a choice. She chose to help our mother live life to the fullest, to even take a risk but not let fear of the what if's, or the oh my gosh's to keep her from the joys that are also a choice.

Because my sister sees life as a glass that is half full rather than half empty, she is taking a risk and giving our mother the opportunity to have a wonderful adventure, to see things she hasn't seen before and to look upon the faces of her posterity and have the joy of holding and kissing great grandchildren and experiencng what life and joy is all about.

I love my big sister and want to be more like her.