Friday was a big day for my OLDER sister, she celebrated another birthday. I wanted to give her birthday shout out. I am not going to discuss how old she is or how much older than me she is or if this birthday was the end of a decade or start of a new one.
As many things, as I can think of about my sister because I am pretty sure I couldn't come up with enough for how old she is...
1. She is a Summerville High School graduate (They had schools back then? I can't tell you the year she graduated, because then you will figure out how old she is and I know she doesn't want that)
2. She was in the marching band for SHS
3. She played the flute and was in the color guard
4. She knocked one of her friends out with her flag pole one time...she said it was an accident (but let's be honest, Aubrey says everything is an accident too)
5. She tried to knock me out with a baseball (She said that was an accident, also. I don't remember to much about us growing up and playing together, since she was so much older than I was but I do still remember that day vividly)
6. I remember us having an imaginary line in the back seat of the car on trips..."Don't cross the line." (On second thoughts maybe it was mom and dad that established the imaginary line)
7. She went to the College of Charleston during the John Kresse era. Go Cougars!!!
8. She actually graduated with a degree in childhood education...I know shocking that someone from Summerville HS could graduate with a college degree.
9. She taught in Dorchester District 2 for a few years but lived in Charleston off Hwy 61...she must have been making the big bucks. Probably it was when she told mom and dad she wasn't coming back to this two bit town. It wasn't big enough for her....at least that's what I thought I heard, remember I was younger when she left for college and was just glad to have the house to myself and glad she didn't come back home and cramp my style (that carried on for a number of years in that house during HS, college and after college).
10. She always bought me and my friends alcohol (just kidding mom and dad - would have been a good idea if I would have thought or cared about it then - hindsight is always 20/20)
11. She now lives in Savannah, Ga. (home of Paula Dean, that's all that going on there right?)
12. She married her roommate from college husband's brother (they met at her wedding...guess it was love at first sight)
13. When she moved to Savannah, I vowed that I would never move her sofa bed again. It was the heaviest sofa every made because it was actually made in America and the bed frame was steel.
14. She has 3 great kids - Carter, Meghan and Katie
15. She still is a school teacher (25 years in Savannah - a quarter century, should give you a clue as to how old she is...that's a long time reporting to work - good job)
16. She has patience (see number 14 and 15).
17. She was mom and dad's favorite (until I was born - ha!ha!)
18. Everyone always thought I was older (and it made her mad...bet she wouldn't be mad now).
19. She is a recreational photographer...probably will be her retired career (which has got to be getting pretty close)
20. She loves "The Sound Of Music". I can't even count how many time I had to watch it but enough to know - Doe a deer, a female deer; Ray a drop of golden sun; Me, a name I call myself; Far, a long way to run; Sow, a needle pulling thread; La, an note to follow sow; Tea, a drink with jam and bread; which brings us back to Doe...
21. She does a great job creating scrapbooks (Hopefully, she will do our kids when she retires.)
22. She loves "Gone With The Wind" just a little bit less than than "The Sound of Music" but not much.
23. This birthday was a BIG one because she left town to avoid the heat. Chris took her away to the Georgia mountains for her birthday weekend. Not sure I would be going to the mountains this time of the year - bears and snakes are looking for their last meal before hibernating.
24.She is a fantastic mother and sister.
25. This is the halfway point to how old she is (and my stopping point - graduated from SHS in 79 and CofC in 83).
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Your only as old as you feel. Unfortunately, your pretty old.
We love you!!! Hope you have lots more birthdays but you will always be my older sister.
Aubrey wanted to make you a couple of videos....Enjoy!
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