A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.
~Marion C. Garretty
I love the ownership of a blog.
I imagine if I worked for a newspaper, I wouldn’t get to choose my topics with such feral abandon each evening.
I’d have a salary, sure, but I probably couldn’t get away with throwing down five-hundred words to wish my sister a happy birthday.
Which is exactly what I’m about to do.
My sister’s awesome!
You can count the number of exclamation points I’ve used since this site started. Overuse punctuation, its worth diminishes.
My sister’s awesome!!!
- I’m intimidated by few. My sister’s one. We get along great, but she’s wicked smart and, like any good sibling, will call me on anything at any time. Good for her. Everyone needs someone like that in their life; someone who has known us since always, and has always been a peer.
- Her wit’s sharper than a Samurai’s sword, and she can make me laugh from the depths of my belly, causing my body to constrict or release. Her humor’s born from brilliant observation, but that’s like saying a dinosaur comes from an egg.
- She’s proud, but has no intention of using her degree from Berkley. Wielding the right side of her brain, we worked side by side in our family’s flower shop, where we grew up as occasional indentured servants (that’s not me being clever; our mom used to make us twist dried flowers on to wired head wreaths. When our fingers were raw, we got a quarter). For several years we worked together designing wedding flowers. I booked the weddings. She did an amazing job on 90% of the flowers, and took 10% of the credit. Check out these pictures, they’re all her. She’s also designed a line of greeting cards. They’re as perfectly cool as she. Have a look see.
- She’s a writer. If I can do this, so can she. She had a writing teacher in her first, maybe second year of college. He told her she was the best writing student he ever saw. She sometimes shows up in the comments as KittyTown. If you see her down there, and I have a feeling you might today, tell her to start a blog. Tell her it’ll be great, and tell her you’ll visit her once she opens her doors.
Before I go, here are a few things I’d like to publicly apologize for. I’ll do a full list next year.
- Using the commercial breaks of the Hulk to make myself Hulk and you smash.
- For every teacher I ever had before you.
- For the million and one times you bore the burden of my being your brother.
Happy Birthday, KittyTown. I love you,
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WHAT a testament to siblinghood! Happiest Birthday to your sister, and a ROARING standing ovation to a wonderful brother. (You’re both exceptionally lucky!) ;) C.
Sal: Ooh, I should try that. I’d probably be further on the novel.
Blogger Dad: Dude, I don’t even know what happened. I spent like two hours on my post, then it got corrupted when I pressed publish. I rewrote it, only to have comments disappear. I was asleep four minutes after I published, and didn’t know comments were broken until Lance emailed me this morning. Grrr.
Ian: Her work, in everything she does, is awesome.
Harmony: I admit it. It was me.
Chris: I’ll make up for my classiness on line when I see her in person.
Celeste: Thanks Celeste. That’s very kind.
Sal: Ooh, I should try that. I’d probably be further on the novel.
Blogger Dad: Dude, I don’t even know what happened. I spent like two hours on my post, then it got corrupted when I pressed publish. I rewrote it, only to have comments disappear. I was asleep four minutes after I published, and didn’t know comments were broken until Lance emailed me this morning. Grrr.
Ian: Her work, in everything she does, is awesome.
Harmony: I admit it. It was me.
Chris: I’ll make up for my classiness on line when I see her in person.
Celeste: Thanks Celeste. That’s very kind.
Way cool, WD. Reading this, I find myself wishing all the more I had cause to write something similar of my own sister. But, alas, that is another story.
Hey, and thanks for the compliment on my header. Still playing with it….sometimes I like to pretend I don’t have a tech savvy spouse, and see how much gizmology I can accomplish on my own!
:)
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Way cool, WD. Reading this, I find myself wishing all the more I had cause to write something similar of my own sister. But, alas, that is another story.
Hey, and thanks for the compliment on my header. Still playing with it….sometimes I like to pretend I don’t have a tech savvy spouse, and see how much gizmology I can accomplish on my own!
:)
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This was sweet. :)
I agree: having your own blog is awesome. Freelance writing, or any kind of paid writing, is VERY different.
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This was sweet. :)
I agree: having your own blog is awesome. Freelance writing, or any kind of paid writing, is VERY different.
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What a lovely post. Happy birthday to your sister and please let us know when she starts that blog…
What a lovely post. Happy birthday to your sister and please let us know when she starts that blog…
Somehow I could not post a comment when you first published this post. Even with refreshing the page 3 times, the comment box just did not appear. I’m amazed to now see 30 comments before mine, now that I am back here.
What a nice tribute to your sister! She sure is talented. I saw the pictures yesterday and I was going like “Wow”. I used to take floral arrangement classes but my displays were not as stunning like your sister’s.
BTW, Happy Birthday to Kittytown!
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Somehow I could not post a comment when you first published this post. Even with refreshing the page 3 times, the comment box just did not appear. I’m amazed to now see 30 comments before mine, now that I am back here.
What a nice tribute to your sister! She sure is talented. I saw the pictures yesterday and I was going like “Wow”. I used to take floral arrangement classes but my displays were not as stunning like your sister’s.
BTW, Happy Birthday to Kittytown!
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Kimmelin: I liked the old one, but this one has a softness to it that’s instantly endearing.
Vered: I wouldn’t know. Yet.
Tricia: I’ll dedicate a week to it.
Evelyn Lim: The comments were broken this morning. Lance brought it to my attention, but I wasn’t able to fix it until about eight hours after the initial publishing. My sister’s work is indeed stunning. I’m lucky were kin.
Kimmelin: I liked the old one, but this one has a softness to it that’s instantly endearing.
Vered: I wouldn’t know. Yet.
Tricia: I’ll dedicate a week to it.
Evelyn Lim: The comments were broken this morning. Lance brought it to my attention, but I wasn’t able to fix it until about eight hours after the initial publishing. My sister’s work is indeed stunning. I’m lucky were kin.
Thank you for the birthday wishes, everyone!
And thank you WD for the post! My best present.
Thank you for the birthday wishes, everyone!
And thank you WD for the post! My best present.
Ah, so that’s why I couldn’t comment last night. Oh well. Best wishes to your sister on her birthday.
(I wouldn’t forgive him for the Hulk smash either.)
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Ah, so that’s why I couldn’t comment last night. Oh well. Best wishes to your sister on her birthday.
(I wouldn’t forgive him for the Hulk smash either.)
Matthew Drydens last blog post..My Meme(me?)
Kittytown: Happy birthday, Sweetie. Can’t wait until Sunday.
Matthew: She just likes to say she doesn’t forgive me. I’m sure she really does.
Kittytown: Happy birthday, Sweetie. Can’t wait until Sunday.
Matthew: She just likes to say she doesn’t forgive me. I’m sure she really does.
Hi there people! None of you are probably familiar with me. I started up my blog yesterday haha, I would like to say a happy birthday to Kittytown. But Also, nice site WriterDad. I apologize about my grammar, I’m only 12 :P But if anyone wants to check out my blog and maybe comment with a couple pointers that would be great. Thanks :D
Hi there people! None of you are probably familiar with me. I started up my blog yesterday haha, I would like to say a happy birthday to Kittytown. But Also, nice site WriterDad. I apologize about my grammar, I’m only 12 :P But if anyone wants to check out my blog and maybe comment with a couple pointers that would be great. Thanks :D
Love is more important than anything and you show it more then most, awesome what you have done and said. As for the graphic at the top right of your blog, wow where did you get that from, I love it.
Love is more important than anything and you show it more then most, awesome what you have done and said. As for the graphic at the top right of your blog, wow where did you get that from, I love it.
Sydian: Hey there, sorry I’m just responding to this now, but I hit you on your blog back after his comment. Great job. Only twelve, that’s amazing.
K Gift: Thanks for the compliment. As far as the graphic, which one? Is it the big one, right above the columns? If so, they all came from flickr. Unfortunately, the theme doesn’t allow me to link back to their source from that spot, but email me and I’ll send you the link for the page of the picture you want.
Sydian: Hey there, sorry I’m just responding to this now, but I hit you on your blog back after his comment. Great job. Only twelve, that’s amazing.
K Gift: Thanks for the compliment. As far as the graphic, which one? Is it the big one, right above the columns? If so, they all came from flickr. Unfortunately, the theme doesn’t allow me to link back to their source from that spot, but email me and I’ll send you the link for the page of the picture you want.
Thanks Writer Dad :D
Thanks Writer Dad :D
Wow. Can we trade sisters? Just for a weel or so. I'll have her cleaned up before I return her.
HB, sis … Cheers!
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