However, he is no Laena... so on Laena's golden birthday (25 on April 25th) let us examine the 25 reasons why Laena would have been the best choice (or 25 reasons I love Laena).
1. She can sing harmony.
2. She loves to read and has single-handedly built my children's library.
3. She can quote entire episodes of "Friends."
4. SupposeBly.
5. She is overly-generous (to the detriment of her credit cards) and the best gift-giver.
6. She can make up cute songs about anything: continents, planets, seasons, senses, etc.
7. She is an amazing singer and a dancer.
8. After eating a cheeseburger she would rather top it off with another cheeseburger than have any dessert!
9. She makes the best spaghetti (which she has to make every time she comes to visit).
10. She laughs at me a lot, reminding me not to take myself too seriously.
11. She actually told me on a visit to Seattle that she was excited to see Josh and excited to see Cole but she was most excited about seeing me (I hung up and balled, she makes me feel special).
12. She is always RIGHT (in all sense of the word).
13. She has an amazing design aesthetic. Just look at this picture of her apartment in Florida. Not vinyl lettering but HAND-PAINTED!
14. She listens to my crazy ideas and then makes them happen. Most recently my harlequin diamonds and Cole's Star Wars party.
15. Naked Live Guacamole.
16. We want to live in Paris when we are old ladies so Laena is learning FRENCH! She already knows Spanish!
17. She's not afraid to take risks.
18. She works hard, often working multiple jobs to reach her goals.
19. She is loyal.
20. She makes mistakes and actually learns from them!
21. She doesn't know it but she is an incredible photographer, the candid pictures she takes of the family are actually my favorite photographs. I am grateful she loves to take pictures because I hate it! Here is a sampling of a series she did last summer.
22. She's a teacher.
23. She didn't become a teacher because she couldn't do anything else, she became a teacher because she truly loves the moment when one of her students finally "gets it."
24. She loves my boys more than anything. Especially more than her other nieces and nephews.
25. She loves me unconditionally and shows it with such an open heart that I still dont't quite understand what I did to deserve her!
So clearly she would be the best choice in a spouse... if only I believed in lesbianism or didn't adore her big brother so unabashedly!
I love you Laena!
6 comments:
You love her because she says supposeBly or because she also makes fun when people pronounce it wrong?
#15?
It's from "Friends" and whenever we are together we say supposebly.
Inside joke.
gosh . . . i want to marry the girl too, but i would marry you first. is there such a thing as lesbian polygamy? if so , then sign me up!
she is a great gal. that wall of hers is AMAZING!
Happy Golden Birthday Laena!
I don't think I could have said it better myself.
She sounds pretty amazing. You are a lucky lady to have such a wonderful sister in law! By the way those pictures are soo cute!
What a cool aunt your boys have! I love that wall. Can she come and paint my bedroom wall next?!
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