It is on this day, the thirtieth day of January (actually usually about the 24th day of January through the first day of February) that we celebrate the birth of one of the greatest individual people I have had the honor of knowing in my 26 years of Earthly existence. It is this person who was… smart enough to show me that anything can be learned if you want to bad enough, strong enough to show me the way through a difficult family situation, artistic enough to show me that I should learn how to design rather than just build, forgiving enough to make me feel loved even though I abandoned her in times of need, and caring enough to show me that life isn’t about getting yours but actually giving yours.
She is the person I want to be… a perfect combination of left-brained analytical intelligence and right-brained artistic genius. Someone so capable of get anything they want but with so little concern for anything that does not result in the greater good of the world. It is so funny that the few people I have ever really met in my life that I think are this amazing have either your same first or middle name.
Happy birthday today to my baby sister… hopefully I can grow up to be just like you. I am soooo sorry I can’t be there in Nebraska to help put on a birthweek for you, hopefully Lindy is around to help make up for it. I can’t wait ’til we start saving the world together one day… don’t ever let anything stand in the way of that. I know what you can do, you know what you can do, and everyone else knows what you can do. Whenever a distraction arises, it will be hard to do, but really consider whether it will enable you or disable you and most importantly what would your grandma say. She is looking down today so very proud of the woman you have become.
Love you kid.
February 6th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I wish I could have said this so eloquently….she’s my best girlfriend forever.