Julie

I have a stepsister named Julie who is 5 years older than me, almost to the day. When I was in middle school and she was in high school she was my idol. She was beautiful with blond hair and blue eyes. She drove a red '86 Ford Tempo that I thought was so cool. She had gone to France with her class at school and came home with a game called Pente that we loved to play and a recipe for crepes that we loved to make. She would let me sit on her bed while she told me about her dates or the boys she liked. Amidst Wham! posters on the wall, we would sing George Michael together at the top of our lungs. I loved my big sister! I was so sad when she went away to college--Gonzaga University. I moved too and shortly after that I moved in with my aunt and uncle who later adopted my siblings and I. Julie and I lost touch. Fast forward 20 years and enter Facebook. I found Julie! When I was buying our plane tickets to Hawaii in February, I found a flight that had a 4 hour layover in Seattle. I booked it and asked Julie if Richard and I could come visit!
This picture is in at the airport--luckily Julie's son Malcolm was off school that day so we got to see him too. And yes, he is giving his mom rabbit ears in the picture :) Julie doesn't live too far from the airport so we went to her house and hung out for a while. It was so good to see her again! She is such a great person, just like always. She is a great mom--PTA president, soccer mom, you name it. You could really tell in the way she interacted with Malcolm. What a great kid--I was so impressed with him! He wants to be an inventor when he grows up. Thanks, Sis for a great visit!!