1. Her incredibly accurate daily weather reports
2. Being her partner-in-crime in ruining her diet by sneaking
her pieces of chocolate
3. Coloring Easter eggs with her
4. Playing (losing to her) in Uno
5. Giving her Pert Plus mohawks in the shower
6. Swimming with her at the lake and holding her head
up a little so she didn't get water in her ears
7. Baking cookies (Christmas or otherwise) with her (I
would measure out the ingredients and hold the
bowl in her lap so she could add
them)
8. The way she tried to sneak cookies from the cooling
rack
9. The fact that she dried and put away the dishes after
we baked cookies so I didn't have to
10. Never knowing what name I'd be called (Carrie, Kira,
Katie, Carol, Kiri...It made life interesting.)
11. Hearing baby stories about Chris, Brian, and Sarah...especially
the one about how ugly Chris was
12. Passing out Halloween candy
13. Making her clean the guts out of the Halloween pumpkins
14. MS Walk - how she loved the people, food, and prizes,
and looked forward to taking the dogs (at least Kira)
this year
15. Taking walks around the neighborhood with Paula and
Chris and looking at the flowers or the autumn leaves
16. Hearing "for me" at the end of every sentence
17. How she changed the subject or avoided questions
by talking about her nose
18. "Peachy keen jelly bean" instead of "alright"
19. How upset she would get when Rob teased her about
going to White Castle
20. How cute, sweet, and innocent she looked when she
was tucked into bed with her teddy bear
21. Seeing her hold our children
22. How she made me feel like a better person
