As Mariah Carey's husband Nick Cannon uploaded another adorable snap of their twins Moroccan and Monroe on Twitter yesterday, it would have been another difficult moment for her estranged sister Alison.
The former prostitute has come forward and publicly pleaded with the star to get in touch so she can meet her niece and nephew.
Mariah and Alison haven't spoken since falling out in 1994 over the custody of Alison's son, after she started working the streets and became dependent on drugs and alcohol.
“They are absolutely adorable. And when I look into their eyes I see my sister’s eyes shining right back at me — the eyes I used to stare into when I would hold her as a baby.
“I just wish Mariah would let me be her sister again and a proper auntie to her children.
The pair nearly reconciled over their father's deathbed in 2002, and last year when Alison thought she may have liver cancer, but she never heard anything from the singer.
When Alison was arrested in 2005 after she offered to have sex with an undercover policeman, one of Mariah's friends told The Mirror: "Over the years, Mariah has done everything in her power to try and get her sister clean and leading a normal happy life.
"She had an open cheque book where her sister's concerned and has always tried to offer her emotional support as well.
They added: "Mariah is looking for Alison to want to help herself. She can be there with love and support, but at what point do you not enable someone any longer?"
But now that she's clean Alison wants to mend the fractured relationship.
“I want to reach out to my sister and tell her how much I miss her and how proud I am that we are family," she continued.
“We may be apart now, and it has been many years since we last spoke. But to me, despite all the bad times and the arguments, she will always be my baby sister."
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Posted: 29/05/2012 12:37 Updated: 29/05/2012 13:27