My Favorite...

In honor of National Sister Day, I've snuck one past my baby sis. She has no idea I'm writing this...actually, come to think of it, having me write this behind her back is going to seem like small potatoes when she reads the post as she also has no idea I've been screen shotting our text messages for a year. Yeah. A year.

I sometimes feel sorry for Heather, and frankly, after reviewing a year of our text messages, I still feel sorry for her. From birth, Heather and I have been so very different and sometimes those differences shock me. Even in childhood, Heather was so much more level-headed, so much more practical. Practicality has never, hear me, NEVER, been my strong suit.

In fact, staying true to my lack of preference for practicality, I think young Charlotte and Tiana from Princess and the Frog sum up Heather and I pretty darn well...

That said, I can't imagine doing life without her. Seriously. I can't imagine it. And sometimes when I hear of someone losing their sibling, I have to take a moment to fight back tears because I just can't imagine life without Heather.

So without a touching tribute (Heather HATES those kinds of things) I'll get going with the reason we're here: I want to remember this time in our lives. Afterall, that's why Heather and I are doing the blog but I wanted to take it one step further and focus, for just a minute, on my relationship with my sister, rather than a relationship with a boy.

As such, I thought it might be fun to reflect on some of our sister highlights from this past year. (Note that I'm always blue, Heather always gray.) Here we go!

1. There was the time we discussed getting tattoos. 

 2. The time we were hungry and thinking about blog posts.

 3. That time new Emojis were installed in an iPhone update.

 4. When Adele released her new album.

 5. That time we planned a Disney vacay.

6. That time I needed Heather to be my therapist.

7. That time Heather questioned how seriously I take 50% off sales.

8. The one day a year where Heather is more dramatic than me.

9. That one time when Heather let me believe in miracles.

10. That time we realized how selfish Heather is.

11. That time I went to an academic conference and attended a panel on dating.

12. That time I had a dream about Heather.

13. That time Heather judged my dinner choices.

14. That time Heather wanted me to smell people for her.

15. That time I needed Heather to be my therapist again.

 16. That time we discussed the true intent of the Girl Scouts Corporation.

 17. That time there was a Final Four.

 

 18. That time I needed a hashtag for a girl's weekend (Heth is LEGIT good at this.)

19. That time we loved blondes and hated cheaters.

 20. That time we planned another vacation.

21. That time Prince died.

22. That time I once again pointed out that Heather has uncanny abilities to phase people out.

23. That time we talked about underwear.

24. That time Heather gave me a heart attack.

25. That time Heather made me Regina George.

26. That time Paris flooded days before I went and Heather was super sympathetic.

27. That time we had an Emoji clarification conversation.

28. That time Kevin Durant left the Thunder.

29. That time Heather was going to make sure I got proper photo creds!

30. That time Heather supported my purchase of a tulle skirt.

31. That time joining a Fitbit challenge with Heather made me relive my childhood so I accused her of cheating.

In sum, I've left out SO many texts. SO many. Texts where Heather corrected my grammar in this blog, texts where I thanked Heather for sending me ice cream at work, texts where we texted the lyrics to Gunpowder and Lead back and forth...and frankly, all these texts don't even capture my reliance on and love for that girl. There are so many phone calls, emails, gchats, and in-person discussions that make me so grateful to call her my baby sis.

Kid, thanks for not killing me when we were young. Happy National Sister Day!

;)

All the hugs and not a single frog,

Holly