My baby sister turned 18 years old today. Crazy! It makes me feel old... but it mostly makes me feel sentimental and proud. Molly is the most genuinely happy girl, and I am so excited to see what shape her life will take now that she is an adult! She is such a wonderful sister, sister-in-law, and aunt, and I am so blessed that she is my "Pookie"! I hope and pray that Lucy will be just like her Auntie Molly!
I dug out my old "Book of Lists" (it is kind of like a journal, but it is full of lists rather than journal entries) because I remembered that I wrote one for Molly on her 10th birthday.
2/12/01 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MOLLY
- She says "I love you" more than once during every phone conversation
- She is always happy to hear my voice when I call home
- She wants to stay a kid forever
- She is happy 99.9% of the time
- When she plays with her dolls, she makes them talk to each other
- She is convinced that I prayed her into existence
- She loves having "sister moments" with me
- I love her voice when she sings
- She is sensitive and sentimental
- She is a good listener
- She plays restaurant, gives us menus, and makes us food
- She is nice to me, Adam, and Seth, even when we aren't very nice to her
- She makes "Welcome Home" signs for our bedroom door every time that I come home from college
- She gets so excited when I take the time to paint her nails or do her hair
- She loves Jesus
- She skips, hops, and dances all the time
- She is thoughtful--always making gifts and cards
- She is smart
Molly, I love you so much, and I hope that your birthday was very special!
5 comments:
sissy!!! i am balling!! that was the sweetest thing ive ever read!! i love you so much!! :) i am the way i am because of the people that love me :) thank you so much annie!!!!
Sheesh! There should have been a flood warning for this one! I am like Niagra Falls right now!!! Annie what an amazing post!! Molly truly is amazing and you have been such an awesome big sister! We are all better for knowing Molly! I can't believe she is all grown up! A woman?!
I love the picture of her sleeping with your babies! You Miller's sure have something special! Leslie should write a book! Best Mom and kids ever!
Gush Gush!!! Happy Birthday Molly! I can't wait to see what you do next!!
I'm totally crying too!
Annie, what a sweet, touching blog!
I've known Molly for a long time now and I completely agree with everything you said - she is wonderful and I can't even believe she's 18! WOW!
So, Molly, I hope you had a WONDERFUL birthday and felt like a princess all day long.
Thanks too for the many welcome home signs (I shared with Annie on the trips home from college) and the best peanut butter milkshakes I have ever had!
Such sweet sisterly love, Annie! That's awesome that you two are so close!
BTW, I noticed that Lisa, Andrea, and myself are all online at the same time!
I was just noticing that too! Hi blogging buddies!!
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