To Clarify...
Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 10:16PM The other day someone left a comment that said something along the lines of how fun and creative I was.
Well.
While that is a very kind thing to say, and sometimes I do fun things with my kids (not many moms would wear udders in public, I guess), when we are at the beach or in Florida with my in-laws all of the credit for fun and creative activities must go to my sister-in-law.
I have spoken of Wendy before, many times. Wendy has been such a great friend and I often wish we lived closer than we do, so that we could hang out all the time whenever we wanted to. She has fed and bathed my kids, she has cared for me when I was going through a tough time, she has helped me beat my soda addiction (for a month anyway), she has made me laugh, she has cried with me, she has eaten brownies and watched movies with me, and even watched baseball with me (okay, she sat in the same room...I don't know if she watched or not). She has helped Christian get out of a major funk, she has encouraged Michaela to face conflict rather than run away from it, she has managed to get Eliana to eat something other than the five things I can count on her to eat. She also potty trained my youngest, and can get her to float in the pool. She has secret powers that I do not possess. (This sounds like a very one-sided relationship...why on earth does she even want me around?!)
She is calm where I am a maniac. She is logical where I am irrational. She gets in the pool while I sit on the side and take pictures. And yet...we are two peas in a pod.
She is the one who planned and executed the fiesta (last year it was a luau). She also got my kids to do math while we at the beach. See? Secret powers. Maybe it's in the tea.
Wendy, I miss you! I miss the tea-making process. I miss the commisserating. I miss the laundry-cooking-eating brownies-togetherness. I hope you know how much you mean to me.
You really are the sister that I never had.
Reader Comments (8)
And you, too, are the sister that I never had! I miss you (and the chocolate brownies and chick flicks, but I do still have my iced tea!). I often tell Catherine that maybe she too will get lucky and her baby brother will marry a great girl and then she will have the "sister" that she so desperately wants (without having to share her bedroom or her clothes).
By the way, the picture of the tea in the sand perfectly symbolizes the summer of 2011. :)
Thanks for your love and friendship, Christina.
I thought the same thing...I have a sister without the drama of growing up with one. :)
Soooooooo jealous. My sisters-in-law . . . well. Let's just say they don't have magical powers. ;)
Love that last picture. Beautiful!
Family with magical powers is such a blessing! Yay for a fun summer and for fun family!
Dude. I need a Wendy.
STAT.
Yes, Erin...everyone needs a Wendy!!
I always feel I need to explain that they're confused when people comment that I'm funny. Then I just get all stressed out and become extremely not funny!