. . . hez . . .

. . . happy thirty-ninth birthday . . .

{really!}

. . . to my little/only sister . . .

. . . the year was 1973 . . .

. . . it was just a couple of months

 before i turned fifteen 

when she was born . . .

. . . i'd waited through four brothers 

to finally get a sister . . .

. . . you have no idea 

how excited i was . . .

. . . this was back in the day 

when the baby's gender 

was always a surprise . . . 

{it was a nice change from the previous three births 

where my dad called from the hospital 

and i'd cry about "another dumb boy" ~ 

love ya, eric, daren and kyle!

i was too little to complain when jeff was born}

. . . anyway . . .

. . . back to heather . . .

. . . poor little thing . . .

. . . it was like at last 

i had a life size doll 

to play with . . .

. . . i'd dress her up . . .

. . . i'd do her hair . . .

{sorry about that time [half up/half down] 

when i burned your head real bad . . . oops!}

. . . i'd drag her with me 

to watch my boy friends 

play softball . . .

. . . i took her 

to get her ears pierced . . .

{i had to wait till i was eighteen. 

she got hers done at age three. 

fair? not really, mom and dad!}

{i kind of covet that necklace and her eyelashes}

. . . now she's the mom of six . . .

. . . juggling school schedules, 

church responsibilities, 

and a couple of chickens . . .

{we might be down to just one chicken ~ i'm confused} 

. . . she's one busy girl . . .

. . . happy birthday, heather . . .

. . . i hope you make time to party! . . .