You know, you were a pain in the ass when we were kids, but you grew up just fine.  I’m so proud to be your sister.

For your birthday, I’ve decided to give you a gift you never thought you’d get.

I hereby promise to never, ever bring up the scar on my shin again.  I’ll never bring up how you would kick me over and over with those damn cowboy boots until you killed the nerves in that particular place. Or how weird it still feels, 30 odd years later because I can’t feel it.

So there.  That was the end of it.  You can test me all you want, but I shall never bring it up again!

Thank you, Jeff, for being my best friend.  Thanks for being the one person I can tell everything to and know that you’ll not judge me, but rather trust me to know what I’m doing.  Thanks for being the home I can always count on.

Oh and thanks for being the kind of sibling that will require me to have another kid so Max has a shot at such a relationship.  Well, that is kind of a thanks. I wish that kid could just appear, weaned and sleeping through the night.

In the pictures below, you might notice a pretty lady.  Her name is Jennice and she is a very big part of Jeff’s current level of happiness.  She rocks.

Happy Birthday.