hannah and caroline and us
(part rebecca)


imagine my surprise when i opened my inbox this morning and found a voluntary contribution to the series that seems destined to take this website by storm in 2009, "hannah and caroline and us".

without further ado, i present to you the first in what (i will cross my fingers) i hope to be a recurring role around these parts from one "auntie" rebecca.

(editor's note - for context, imagine i had asked rebecca how she met sarah, me and our girls.)

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And then there were three more!


So I remember Sarah from the beginning

I remember playing with Barbies

Setting up elaborate houses with books

The van

Taking me to concerts when she didn’t really have to

We didn’t always want to do the same things

I was probably mean, and I don’t remember her being mean back

But I am sure she was :)


And I’ve realized that Sarah and I aren’t anything alike in ways that people see

Except we are sisters and I love her and we get each other and accept it and she loves me and accepts me too ( I hope we are like Mom and Aunt Joan, that is what I want and foresee)

And she is an amazing person

And amazing people deserve amazing things…


And then there was Kevin

Yep, I remember when they met

At the wedding

15th street diner tale

I liked him alright

And then they got married

And I remember that wedding, it seemed right. I loved that wedding and how I saw them being happy forever. They were happy, and if they weren’t, I would have seen it.

I went from liking him to loving him… I accepted him as part of the family


And I remember Hannah

When she came it was amazing

Sarah and Kevin, despite any issues they might have had

They had a baby and they both loved her and each other, it was obvious

And good thing Hannah was beautiful, bc/ I wasn’t so much crazy about babies then

But she was different

And no matter how obstinate she is, she is amazing


And Caroline

It was different for me as far as meeting her.

She was so different than the rest of us

In a good way, in a Kevin way.

I can’t wait to get to know her more

And see this family be happy, and grow

I really hope they are happy forever

They do piss me off, they are ALWAYS late

And difficult (so am I)

But I know they could always be happy together if they want

And can experience

What most of us here, as far as a "normal" family, haven’t experienced