This post is waaay past due. Two weeks ago my baby sister, Heather, graduated school and already has a gig as an RN. I started this post then and put it aside while trying to get the photos I wanted for it. In the holiday rush it fell through the cracks. I am such a bad brother (shut up, Heather) for not getting this posted before now. She and her husband have both been in school for many, many months now and have been killing themselves to keep up with the work load of school while keeping food on the table. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone any happier to be done with something than she was that night and I can’t say that I blame her.

Heather and I have an odd relationship as siblings go, I think. There is nearly a decade difference in our ages so I moved out of the house before she ever hit double-digits in age. When she was a baby I would sneak her out of her crib at night and bring her to my room to sleep over. She was my little buddy and I loved her dearly. Then she learned to talk… Seriously, though, we’ve not been as close as we should have been, or should I say as I wish we were, for many years. That isn’t to say that we are estranged or even have a strained relationship, we just aren’t as close as we could be. Hopefully that will change as time goes on.

In any case, I will take the bad brother award for being so long in getting this post up. So, to Heather (if you happen to read this) I am way proud of you. My hat is off to you, you showoff. Love you bunches!

/g

This isn’t the best shot of anyone in particular but I loved the feel of it overall. I’m not sure what I was doing in the picture and I’m certainly not going to attempt to figure out what dad was doing. lol. From left to right: Rachel, Mom, Heather, Me, Christy and Dad.