My amazing sister, Cara

I have a very unusual situation.  And by “situation,” I mean family relation.  I have two older sisters and two younger brothers. My mother had many miscarriages, so I always felt very blessed that I got to grow up in a family of five children. And I love each one of them. 

But what I didn’t expect is that I would get the wonderful surprise of another sister many years after my mother died. My father remarried Jean and to them was born my younger sister, Cara. Cara is much younger than me and much younger than my children. We always laugh when we talk about her being the aunt to my much older children.

My sister is amazing. Cara is wife to the wonderful Will Dahlquist and mother to three darling boys.  The oldest, Lincoln will soon turn 4, next comes Spencer who just turned two, and baby Connor is about 6 ½ months.  Cara not only takes care of her three little boys, but she also is a professional photographer (go to her web site here), trained in HypnoBirthing and works at HypnoBirthing Utah. She’s also an advocate of Empowering Fearless Birth and was a speaker at this year’s conference.  Did I also mention that she is an artist?   She is multi-talented. She throws the most marvelous parties and is a fantastic cook.  There is so much more I could say about Cara, but I mostly just want to say that I love her and am so very proud of her.  I stand all amazed at her maturity and talent. And she’s just a really nice, nice person and friend to all.

Not only is Cara a loving wife and great mother, but she has weathered some pretty difficult trials in her very young life.  For instance, the birth of her first baby:  Lincoln spent the first 6 weeks of his life in hospitals starting with his birth at Orem Community, then to Primary Children’s, and finally to Lucile Packard Children's in Palo Alto, California.  Instead of Cara bringing home her first born baby, he was air-lifted to California, with Cara and Will traveling there shortly after.  She was amazing during this time!  If you want to read Cara’s story of Lincoln’s journey go here. And I could tell you the story of when her husband Will had a car fall on him and the long struggle with his recovery.  But Cara and Will are resilient and they managed these challenges with grace. So I’ll stop talking and share some pictures. I have more of when Cara was younger, but I was too lazy to scan them, but I’ve included a few.

 

A very young Cara



Cara with Brad and Lori



Cara and Lori

And then she grew up................................................

Lincoln's Open Heart Surgery shortly after he was born

The Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee

Watching General Conference - Oct. 5, 2013

Cara's four boys!  :)

Cara is simply amazing!!!!