37 Reasons I love Elicia!

1) It's her Birthday! Happy Birthday, Babe!
2) She shares a birthday month with me...we are so connected!
3) She is a year older and wiser than I am.
4) Her Eyebrows
5) Her Brain...She is the smarts, people!
6) Her tiny waist...like Elizabeth Taylor in Gone with the Wind.
7) Her ability to bounce back after severe disappointment.
8) Her love for Julia
9) For Julia...she is so special and Elicia has made her that way!
10) Her love of Poco Loco Burritos (now transferred to Taco del Mar)
11) For taking a chance on a sugar sweet Christian girl from Maple Valley.
12) Pre-wedding night advice...what would have done without that?
13) Her glorious voice that sang me down the Aisle!
14) Her sweet rendition of "Baby's Request"
15) Her drum set
16) She allowed Reese to play her drum set.
17) Faithfully writing to me while she was in France.
18) Forever encouraging me and praising me for beauty I can't seem to see in myself.
19) Asking me to be her matron of Honor at her wedding.
20) Creating fun acronyms that only we know about: GBYPF
21) Talking with me until 4 AM everynight we roomed together...we had to separate due to medical reasons.
22) She bought her daughter the "Thinking Chair".
23) She is studying Phi
24) She has been to real castles
25) She has expensive taste
26) Her love of horses.
27) Her devotion to Ernie.
28) She befriends anyone...she embraces many without judgment.
29) She writes poetry daily, or as close as daily as possible.
30) She writes spy novels.
31) She chases after her dreams.
32) She understands the definition of "hot air", or just "blowing air".
33) She can tolerate cockroaches.
34) She can decorate with scarves and fancy fabric.
35) She can be proud of an accomplishment without feeling egotistical.
36) She gave me my first taste of wine and my first "real" Champaign.
37) She speaks French to my daughter.