Celebrate, we will
‘Cause life is short
but sweet for certain
— Dave Matthews Band, Two Step
76. watching football games and drinking beer at Champp’s with Nate
77. Becky’s perfect afternoon wedding on a gorgeous summer day
78. walking into Notre Dame in Paris and literally having my breath taken away by its beauty
79. walking though Ft. Detrick with my grandmother when I was 5 and seeing the giant satellite dishes, asking her what they were, having her tell me that they were “dinosaur dishes” and completely believing her
80. “I heard Billy Joel and I smelled eggs, so I thought I’d come see what was going on”
81. the kissing contest between me, Becky, and Lisa in Salamanca – Lisa won
82. when Brian McCann smiled right at me – after I took this picture
83. waking up from a nap on the couch because Pico was peering up at me, tapping my forehead with his soft paw
84. Thanksgivings at my grandparents, listening to stories about when my grandfather was a little boy
85. Opening Day at Nationals Park, even though the Braves lost
86. spoonfeeding Aimee some of my strawberry milkshake because her hands were occupied feeding Ben
87. every night ever spent at Camelot, a dance club in Salamanca
88. telling my little cousin Sophia, at 3, to stop growing up so fast and hearing her say, “No, I have to get bigger so I can reach the cereal.”
89. riding the Drop Tower at Kings Dominion for the last possible time (for me) with Nate the day before my cochlear implant surgery
90. telling the Princess that it must be “so hard to be 3,” and having her respond by putting her little hand on her hip and saying, “Actually, I’m 4.” (she’s not)
91. the fearlessness of the Conductor in everything he does
92. JB and JH visiting me in the hospital after my surgery, bringing me a bag filled with crazy stuff from the Dollar Store and one of those giant cards, on the envelope of which they’d told the illustrated story of their journey from NY to VA to be with me
93. the Sister Hazel concert with Aimee at Innsbrook, still my favorite picture of us together
94. racing golf carts in the summers with my brother and our cousins
95. watching Aladdin with J and cracking up as he recited, word-for-word, the Genie’s first big scene
96. finding out I was going to be an aunt, both times
97. this day – nothing special, but a bunch of little things conspired to make me happy
98. dinner in Monaco
99. the day I scored a whopping 8 points for my JV basketball team and as I ran down the court heard the opposing coach shout to his team, “Watch out for #13!”
100. my first Komen race in Boston (ok, this is cheating, because it hasn’t happened yet, but I know it’s going to rank right up there)
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I think this collection of blogs is my favorite one you have done so far….it is so many emotions rolled up into a list of inspiration. And one of the best things about it for me is that some of your happiest experiences involved me. I feel so lucky to have you as my best friend!!!
Well, of course they do, silly girl!