Married to my sister

I am amazed at how things have worked out. Growing up, I would have never imagined that I would be 24 and married to my 23 year old sister. Add to that, that we are also expecting our first baby.
How did it all this happen?
Growing up there wasn’t much to talk about. My dad left us when we were 6 and 5. Mom did her best to raise us by herself. But, being a single mother with no child support meant she had to work 2 jobs. That left my sister and I alone with a sitter or by ourselves as we got older most of the time.
My sister Renee and I are 19 months apart and growing up we didn’t have many “play dates” like kids today, so we spent a lot of time playing together. There wasn’t anything sexual between us. We did the normal playing of cars, dolls, cards, hide-and-seek and so on. As we got older we both took on other interests. My sister at 5’6, 110 pound became quite a cutie with sandy brown hair and blue eyes. Her main interest was dancing and joined the dance group at school. I grew up to be 6’2 and 175 pounds with short light brown hair and blue eyes. Mostly I liked to draw and took an interest in cross-country track.
When I turned 17 my mom started dating a guy named Bob. At first things were fine. After about 6 months of dating, Bob moved in with us and that is when all the problems happened.
I won’t go into any real details, but we’ll just say he was abusive, verbally and physically. I did my best to try to absorb the brunt of it to keep him away from my sister and mother. I don’t think I did a very good job, looking back at it.
After I graduated, I got a job at the local grocery store and tried to be home anytime Bob and my sister were home.
By November I had really had enough of Bob and the home life. My sister started spending a lot of time at her friends which made me feel a little better with my next decision. I joined the Army.
I left for basic training the beginning of January and got orders for Germany upon graduation. I got a note from my sister right before graduation that she had dropped out of school and was going to marry her boyfriend Tim.
I knew Tim, he was a year older than I was and pretty much an ass. I knew he took a liking to my sister several years ago, but she never really took an interest in him. From her letter it seemed she felt marrying him was better than sticking it out at home with Bob.
I felt really bad as I headed over to Germany for my 2 year term as an Infantryman. I managed to keep in touch with my sister through letters and an occasional phone call. She wasn’t happy with her married life at all. She was pretty sure that her new husband was cheating on her to boot. After my first year in Germany, I got a letter from my sister that let me know my mom had cancer and was in a bad way. Bob had left my mom when she started to need someone to take care of her. So, Renee decided to move back home to help mom as best she could. It was shortly after she moved back that she confirmed Tim was cheating on her. After a quick divorce, Renee spent all of her time taking care of our mom.
About 2 months before my Germany tour was finished I got word that my mom had passed away. I took an emergency leave and flew home for the funeral.
Renee picked me up at the airport and we gave each other a long hug. The months of taking care of my mom had made her appear tired and worn out. The funeral was simple and mom was finally put to rest.
I knew I didn’t have a lot of time, because I needed to return to my unit to out-process and head to my next unit. For the next couple of days we went through the house and talked with attorneys and the banks. During our down time we spent a lot of time just snuggled in to each other. My sister was hit the hardest since she had gotten close to mom in her last days. I also found out the reason Tim had cheated on Renee was mainly due to their sex life. Since Renee didn’t really love him, she didn’t feel like having sex that often. She also was afraid of being trapped in a loveless marriage by kids so she always made him wear a condom. I guess he got tired of latex and went to find some slut he didn’t need protection with. When my leave was over, I signed a power-of-attorney to my sister so she could take care of my mom small estate.
When I got back to my unit I had my clearing papers and found out I was being assigned to Fort Campbell in Kentucky. I finished up in Germany and headed back to the States. I had a hard time with the transition, mainly due to my thoughts being on what my sister must be going through. I finally got to my unit at Fort Campbell and promptly went to the field. This meant we spent the better part of 3 months doing 5 to 15 day stints in the woods. When our field cycle ended and we went in to the school and detail cycle I got another disturbing letter from Renee. It seems the medical bills and funeral bills had really piled up and she was going to be selling the house to pay things down.