It's MEG's Day!!!

Happy Birthday Meg!

It's Meg's birthday and it DID NOT RAIN!!! Do you remember telling me that you never had a "rainy" birthday, even though your birthday is in the "rainy season"? Awesome!

I would like to dedicate this post to my best childhood friend, Megumi Hirasawa. You have been with me through thick and thin, good and bad, easy and difficult, happy and sad times, etc. etc. etc. You've seen the worst of me as well as my best and you still loved me for who I was. You knew me inside and out and...man oh man... oh man, I couldn't have survived my teen years without you. I love you so much!

So, because I'm not such a good writer...and I'm more of a visual person, I decided to post some good ol' photos of beautiful Meg, in her younger years. These photos were taken somewhere in between 2003~2004. I don't have any OLD time photos on my computer and don't have the time to scan them and do the "whole works". Wish I could. I also thought I didn't need to post recent photos of her because if you go to her blog you'll have all the best of them. So...these oldie goldie photos are the real deal, priceless thing. And...Meg, please let me know if you want ANY of them taken down and I will do so in a jiffy. :) Ha! I hope you won't be mad at me for posting... :P

SO HERE WE GO!
First photo: Meg, you've always had such beautiful long hair! ...but, I guess people want to see your face...so moving on.

What could be more beautiful than Meg's hair, you may think! More beautiful than her hair...is her face! Meg, I always thought you were beautiful, even those times when you thought you were ugly and disgusting. Yes, even those "bad hair days-frizzy hair".

You were always so kind and tenderhearted. You were strong and knew exactly what you wanted most of the time, which was good for me to see as, although I may SEEM to know what I want, really...I'm usually deciding something AS I'm pondering it. Strange...but true.
You had such a gift of accepting me and others around you for who they were and you never really looked down on others.

I love your many face expressions and foolish "poses" when you are in one of those "crazy Meg" moods. I miss you so much!

Meg was even the person who peirced Gabe's and my belly when we wanted to do something crazy and different. You did a great job!

Meg, you do CRAZY things and are a crazy person at heart. You look soo cute as a clown! You're the kind of clown kids want to go to (because normally, they're scared of clowns, but you were/are cute).

Here's just a few photos of us together at different times. I remember we were unseparable. We were/are blood sisters! I remember even writing a little poem together, well...me watching you write a poem about us. (Like I said...I'm not a writer. Ha!)

Oh...Well, this isn't Meg. But Lils, I just had to add this to the collection! This was our number one hilarious photo for about a week!

I remember you, Meg, always being a good teamworker and partner. You were always encouraging, supportive, understanding, and a good listener. You were also such a good teacher and caretaker. Kids loved you and I'm sure still love you! You'll be such a great mom someday!

I wish I was there to celebrate your birthday with you! Congratulations!! I wish you the best and pray that your year will be awesome! I love you! Happy Birthday!

-Jan K.