Ashlyn, my sister turned 17 today and she is planning on getting her drivers license in a few days. Crazy to think that my younger sister is so grown up. This past Christmas we went to St. Louis together and I loved getting to know the woman she has become. Some of my favorite things about her and memories I have with her....
- Becoming blood sisters by pressing cuts on our fingers together.I think I already had a cut and convinced her to cut herself so we could do it. This made us double blood sisters, a bond that no one could break.
- Her love and ability to relate to children
- Make forts or house in various parts of the house, especially my closet.
- Raising our "babies" together
- Pretending to be braving the wild fronter, playing in the tree house and picking vegetables from the garden.
- Her gullibleness
- The time she dug little pot holes all over the backyard to keep bad guys away from our house.
- Her love for the Lord and desire to serve Him.
- Teaching her to roller blade and her returning the favor.
- The way she makes any new person feel welcome.
- Sharing a room and the patience and understanding that both of us learned from it.
- Her ability to forgive
- The way she loves people for who they are, not caring what others may think.
- "Or find out who your real family is!"---a response she gave to Adam saying when he got married it was going to be at 2 in the morning to see who his real friends were.
- Her attempts, and failures, to be funny when she is trying and then hilarious when she is not thinking anything about it.
- Her optimistic view oflife
- Her creativity.
- Road trips.
- Being the worst of enemies and the best of friends within minutes of each other.
- How beautiful she is.....
Happy Birthday, Ashlyn!
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