Thank you Sue, you're right and make some good points. I typed that post in a bit of a hurry this morning which didn't allow me the time to discuss the inevitable dynamics of family. My family isn't a particularly tight knit group and I've had a lot of ups and downs with all three of my sisters. This particular one has spent time being both one of my best friends and one of my worst enemies, both recently.
In other words, when I talk about the things that she does it brings up past issues of her pushing her own agendas and approaching me as though I'm just a stupid kid. Anyway, I do have an update, she and I had a good talk today.
After I posted this morning, I ran off to see my sister and my parents for awhile, get in some post Christmas family time. My dad has kidney failure and he and my mom had to leave around 10 AM to take him to his dialysis treatment. After they left, my sister and I were able to talk for about an hour and a half. We discussed a variety of topics about our lives and crossdressing was included in that. It was a bit awkward at first, she acted strange when we talked about it initially but it became less so as the conversation continued. She asked questions and I explained some things to her. Though we didn't talk about the possibly of her trying to 'cure' me, I still believe that was part of her motivation behind the Christmas gifts.
The good news is that she said that she loves me and accepts me and it's okay for us to talk about it. She said that it would be strange for her to see me dressed and even shop with me for girl clothes but was sure that she could get used to it. She also said that she would still like to come to a Tri-ess meeting but since she lives a long ways away we don't know when that might happen.
It was a very good talk and I'm glad we had it, I feel much better about it now then I did this morning.