if you were to ask me my greatest love in all the world, i wouldn't say the sun or starbucks or dallas, oregon even. i would say, "family". the family barnes and all of our branches are my nearest and dearest.
today, the baby has turned 21. he was born just in time for lunch and i brought him a "welcome to the world" gift of a saltine cracker packet. he was the roliest-poliest little butterball you have never seen. spencer logan barnes. named after a gun, just like rem.
spence used to get picked on a lot for one reason or another but now, he's hands down the one barnes child EVERYONE wants to be around. i've called him my best friend for seven years now and he knows all my secrets. spendy is one of my greatest loves.
here are some reasons why i love the birthday boy:
1. he is hilarious. very dry...like good champagne. very very funny.
2. he has delicious seattle hipster style without even trying
3. he is type B. everything is taken in stride. nothing is urgent. nothing is dramaticized. life is easy peasy japanesey for bubba
4. he has the biggest, fattest heart ever. he seems to have the power to love wider, deeper, richer and fuller than most people i know. he's never met an enemy.
5. spink is a lover AND a fighter. he fights for those that he loves and loves with abandon
6. spence teaches me a lot about taking life as it comes. he was my dearest confidant and supporter when my engagement didn't work out. it was like he held my little hurts in his hand and one by one blew them away until i hurt a lot less.
i miss him terribly now that he's 2070.94 miles away from me. BUT...i get to see him in september! he will be my first (and maybe only...let's be honest) texan visitor. happy birthday to my favorite little brother!
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