My sister, Colleen, is turning 40. It is a surreal situation. My mind can't comprehend how this can be possible. In my mind, my mom is in her 30s, so how could I or Colleen be entering our 40s?!?
I've always looked up to my little sister. She is super smart. You know where you stand with her. She strives and excels and leaves her competition in the dust. She cares about everything and everyone. She cares so very much.
My sister is everywhere. Maybe it's because we have 18 months between our ages and experienced most of our lives side-by-side. I can find her in a second, in everyday moments of my life. Today, I thought I might show her how often I think of her by making a list of forty things that make me think of her.
- unicorns
- Tang
- curling irons
- pigs
- Jelly shoes
- basketball
- Patsy Cline
- dusty rose Ropers
- FFA
- Nellyville
- BB guns
- push mowing
- Halloween costumes
- tall shelves
- gardening
- Dutch Blitz
- self help books
- matching shirts
- Little Women
- beets
- trampolines
- sycamore trees
- Dwight Yokam
- The Boxcar Children series
- dolls (mostly fancy ones)
- track meets
- peanut butter and pickle sandwiches
- mascots
- ballerinas
- card games
- Rummikub
- Bible verses
- Jelly Bellys
- oil changes
- Cinderella
- orchids
- Geo Metros
- french horns
- thick hair
- physics
I could probably make forty lists of forty things, but everyone would stop reading at this point! She is a huge part of my life and I love her to the ends of it!!
Happy birthday, sissy!! I love you!!
