You know what’s better than yahoo answers, wikihow, and webMD? Having an older sister.
Karen taught me almost everything I know. Like how to color between the lines when I was 5, how to cook the perfect scrambled eggs when I was 10, and how to cry while studying for a college midterm and still manage to do well. My favorite tip was when I was 17. “how to convince your parents to let you go out” (the trick by the way is you don't ask and just go, but don’t look at me, I learned it from her). The list of life hacks goes on, and thanks to you kare, growing up was a little easier. But the most important lesson I learned from you was one that took the longest for me to really understand. A lesson some people spend their whole lives figuring out; and that’s love. 9 years ago, I met Carl. And somewhere between here and there, then and now, I realized that real love is expressed in subtle ways I sometimes forget. It means being open to new experiences; especially the ones your partner is passionate about, like agreeing to go on a 13-mile bike ride, even though you would rather go shopping. It’s remembering to bring home an extra double-double with grilled onions, because you know they’ll ask you for a bite of yours. It’s letting your inhibitions go, and being silly with each other. It means letting them sing in the shower while you’re napping, no matter how loud and obnoxious and horrible it sounds It means cheering them on at every race, even if they end up in last place. It’s working up the courage to kill the spiders, even when you’re scared, too. It's dropping them off to work at 6 am, even if you don’t start until 10. It’s celebrating each and every milestone. From His 21st birthday to her college graduation, his first promotion to her first car. When you’re in love, you don’t just grow up. You grow together. It’s when the “yours” and “mines” become “our”— Our first Christmas. Our first trip. Our first home. Our wedding. So after 9 years, I learned that when someone can make you so happy just by doing the smallest things, that’s when you know you have someone special. Karen; Carl, thank you for showing me that real happiness is mostly felt by people that marry their best friend. Like your love, this lesson will last lifetimes. I wish you both nothing but love and happiness.
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