Thursday, June 17, 2010

Kate

This is Katie. Or Kathryn Anne if she's in trouble. Her face in this picture certainly suggests that hardly ever happens.

Katie is my sister. We will have been sisters and best friends for 20 years in about a month. Our early friendship was made up of playing with Barbies, pretending to be mermaids at the pool, watching Disney movies, playing with Beanie Babies, My Little Ponies, and Littlest Petshop, playing dress-up and "house," and playing with American Girl dolls. We knew how to have some serious fun.
Then we started going to school. We were three years apart, so we were in different circles at school until we reached high school. Katie was the main reason I remained sane my senior year. That year was her freshmen year, and we always spent time together whenever we had the chance. We were both over the high school scene, and ready for something bigger and better. Thank goodness we had each other.

When Kate and I are together, we feel like nothing could stop us from doing whatever we want, which is usually having fun and laughing. We are quite a force of nature together. Look out world!


Did I mention she's beautiful?
Inside and out. She has the most precious heart. Mercy is definitely one of her strongest spiritual gifts. She has such a heart for people. But let me warn you, she has some snap in her too. Some major snap. If it's a wake up call you need, Katie will give it to you. With gusto.

She has the most amazing eyes. They sometimes look brown. Sometimes, even a little green. But more often than not, they are this stunning amber color. I've never seen anything like them. They are the warmest you'll ever find, I'm certain. And they are huge. The best puppy dog eyes ever. She could get anything with them. Let me tell you, if Tyra needs help teaching those models how to smile with their eyes, she should call up Kate. She'll show them how it's done. She's fierce!


How can I explain all that is Kate in words? I was hoping to give a spectacular depiction of her, but I'm finding that is impossible. I'll try anyway. Katie is...sunlight. Her personality and her soul exude light. If I painted her, I would have soft, brilliant rays of light coming from the tips of her fingers, lips, hair, eyes, and hair.

Katie gives me a smile when I've misplaced mine. She cries when I cry. She makes me laugh. Oh my, she makes me laugh. And I'm not talking giggle. I mean side-splitting, tear-producing, blood-pumping, literally rolling on the floor laughing. And she can make it happen in so many ways. The way she talks, walks, runs on Black Friday, sings, dresses, quotes, tells stories, or takes five minutes to get a joke. She has a sense of humor that sometimes only I can appreciate. She has the best laugh. Listening to her laugh makes me laugh. It is so heartfelt, you can't help but smile. She trips up our stairs. Often. And then she laughs at herself until she cries. She did it this morning as a matter of fact. And goodness she has some attitude. I'm talking 'snap yo fingers and pout yo lips' attitude.


I guess the best way to see what Katie's like is to take a long car ride with her. You wouldn't regret it. Don't bother packing any kind of entertainment. She's allllll you'll need. She will sing at the top of her lungs for you, try to make friends with neighboring cars, make faces at said cars wearing tanning goggles, have a dance party in her seat, and whatever else happens to occur to her.

I decided to write about Kate because she is a large part of who I am. I just can't get enough of her. I'm disappointed already with what I wrote because I don't think it really captures all that Katie is... but... it will have to do for now.


Love ya Kate.

2 comments:

  1. I like this post. It's so great that your best friend is your sister. :)

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  2. This made me cry! Beautifully written... honest... raw... genuine... sweet...
    What a blessing that Tater-tot is :)

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