Today I'm thankful for my big sister.

11.12.2020

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This is one of my favorite pictures of the two of us. I’m guessing I was about 4 or 5 in the picture, which would mean Libby is about 6 or 7. We were playing bus. We clearly had to wear our fancy dress up clothes on the bus. As I recall, we played a lot of dress up in our childhood.

Libby was my first and favorite playmate. I cherish the memories of building clothesline tents together, swinging and singing in the backyard, riding our bikes to Grass Island, recording our DJ banter on our pretend radio station (K&I 100.1), swimming in Polly and Grampy’s pool, building leaf houses in the fall, and flying kites together in the water tower yard behind our house. We had a lot of fun.

I could be kind of an annoying little sister at times. I loved to try to crash her playdates with her school friends. I insisted on giving her a huge, dramatic hug each time we finished playing a piano duet. And, I think she’s finally forgiven me for that time when she was babysitting me and I tried to convince her that there was a gas leak in our house.

Today is Libby’s birthday, and I’m super thankful I made it home in time tonight to catch the end of her birthday Zoom game night. Happy birthday, Libby! (Oh, I was soooo tempted to call you by your nickname there, but I held back!) Love you!