my sister Elizabeth...

my sister Elizabeth -

- made my favorite cookies - her recipe for oatmeal with cranberries and walnuts

- loved holding Vera and talked to her with the sweetest, most gentle voice i've ever heard

- was my maid of honor, and I was supposed to be hers someday

- was the most sensitive person

- loved going thrifting together 

- couldn't hear out of one ear

- would have taken care of every animal in St. Louis if she could have

- was my first roommate, as a child, and then again when I moved out of the house after high school

- had a tattoo of paw prints on her back

- tried learning to knit with me. we were both awful at it.

- went to speech therapy as a child for her "s" sound, and so did I

- ate small meals. she always got full fast

- was a very talented writer and loved to express herself through poetry

- loved to sing, especially Mariah Carey, and Celine Dion at one point

- was generous

- wanted everyone to be happy all the time

- believed that people should treat others as they would like to be treated

- got really mad at drivers on their cell phones

- wanted to be a yoga instructor for a while

- liked the color lavendar

- looked good in blue

- had soft hair

- loved the beach and was such a good swimmer. she actually stopped me from drowning twice.

- gave me coupons for free babysitting and cleaning when Vera was born, and had signed up to bring us a meal this week. she was going to make us veggie lasagna.

- loved her boyfriend Tony

- played with her nieces and nephews with lots of energy and love

more later.

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