Melissa

My cousin Melissa is something like five years older than me. I'm really not sure. I was born in 1982, I have no idea when she was born. Anyway, she was always the older prettier smarter cousin at those Landes reunions. I was the snotty little cousin who liked to play ponies, or maybe play in the orchard behind their house. I remember playing piano for her wedding, and I felt honored by the request. It was a lovely wedding. And that was the last I saw of her for about 8 years. Then out of nowhere she flew into Houston for a scrapbooking conference. (She's a genius crafter) I was a little nervous seeing her after all these years of no contact, but we had such a wonderful time talking over McDonald's burgers in downtown. Then we started hanging out at each others blogs. Then they moved across the country and they stopped at our house for a few hours. We loved hanging out and were touched that they would take the time to do that. I am in awe of her husband's service and her strength as a wife and mother. Someday I hope to have some kind of joint Disneyworld experience with them. Until then, Melissa, you are awesome and I hope you know that.

Also, I can't access your blog anymore with my google sign in. So uh, I guess change that email you have for me to: adriennemann@gmail dot com. I know you're busy, and I know you asked me a long time ago for my email for this exact reason, and I totally muffed it.