Happy Birthday Big Brother

I have always said that I want my first child to be a boy.

That is because I think everyone needs a big brother! I grew up with the best big brother a little girl could have.

He was fun, he kept me involved, he helped me gain up on my older sisters, he let me do his hair, he was caring and compasionate, he was obnoxious and rough, he made me massage his head every week, he gave me wedgies, and he even gave me a white wash each snow fall! Ah, yes, he was everything a big brother should be! :) And I wouldnt change a thing! Jake is a wonderful big brother and I love him very much!

Thanks Jake for being there for everything I have ever needed you for and for backing off when I didnt need you! :) I will never forget our childhood memories, watching sports in the basement, again the head massages, family vacations, that time you went full speed (on the 4wheeler with me on the back) straight through the puddle of mud at Fish Lake. Best mud bath I ever received!

Nor will the memories of your kindess, as I went through chemo, ever leave my mind. I still remember that awful hospital stay when you brought massage oil and gave my feet the best foot rub I have ever had! Or when you kindly offered to do my hair for me the first time I went out without my wig, and when I kindly declined :).

I will never forget your face when I saw you, for the first time, with your beautiful wife when you became her's for the eternities. Or when I saw you holding each of your wonderful children for the first time. I still remember the paper I wrote about you in 7th Grade about how I wanted to be like you "When I grew up". I thought of you because of your honesty, your maturity, your kindess. You were my "hero" big brother, and I still hope I can be like you, "when I grow up". Love you, Happy B-lated Bday Post! :) And a toast to more memories to come throughout the years!