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today is kellie’s birthday. i always say that one of my earliest memories is kellie being born. i was four, and i have this vivid memory of what the hospital waiting room looked like, of me laying on a circular couch with my disney blanket. i was excited because, hello, there was going to be a new little girl for me to meet and play with.
kellie lost a lot of blood when my aunt gave birth to her, so for the first year of her life she was extremely sick. they did not know if she would make it, and she had to have tons of blood transfusions to get her where she needed to be. another one of my earliest memories is of kellie, one year old, in this hospital room with a metal crib and a board on her arm holding the IV onto it.
so to see her turning seventeen years old…well, i can’t exactly put it into words. i love that she is old enough now for us to be friends, for us to do things together and listen to the same music and just have a good time together. i love her innocence, that she can play with a buzz lightyear gun and love dora the explorer but at the same time be in love with martin from boys like girls [who, by the way, at his concert that she was at the other day, threw his guitar pic to her].
even more, i can remember my seventeenth birthday. going to chevy’s with my friends from high school where they surprised me and brought out a cake and it was all just lovely. but let’s not dwell on the fact that i don’t speak to any of them anymore. it was my favorite birthday at the time because it was the first one that i truly spent with my friends, who at the time, meant everything to me.
but back to kellie. happy birthday little cousin, never ever lose what you have because people will always love you for it. stay true to yourself, and always remember how much i love you.
