The words that escape a friend's mouth.....

The words that escape a friend's mouth are "I'll be there when you say you need me".....

but the words that are unheard from a true friend's heart are.....

"I'll be there.....whether you say you need me or not".

Monkey, I have one of those friends.....

a friend who can't wait to meet you.....

who can't wait to see where your life will take you,

and who will dream as big for you as anyone possibly can.....

- Aunt Penny -

She's not your Aunt in the "dictionary" definition because she's not my sister.....

but she's Aunt Penny......

everyone needs an Aunt Penny.....

we're the lucky ones because she's ours.....

Your Aunt Penny is one of those people that will make you smile

 even when you don't feel like smiling.....

she'll talk logic on those days you aren't feeling you want to take the logical route.....

she'll try to convince you cats are better than dogs (but she'll love your dog no matter what).....

she'll take you to McDonald's but she won't share your hamburger.....

she'll say sure, we can go to the Spaghetti Factory, and pretend she likes it.....

she wil insist that being 10 days older than Mimi isn't much, but it is, it's 10 days older.....

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

she'll share her love of Maui with you, while she makes room on her beach chair so that she can tell the story "one more time" about when she put Sarah (the doll) in my suitcase and Mimi

screamed and screamed and screamed.....

she'll play in the sand with you and show you how to build sandcastles to the sky.....

she'll love the curls in your hair.....

she'll tell you how much she loves being Uncle Cole's Godmother.....

and most importantly she'll share Uncle Matt with you.

When you're older Monkey you'll understand why you need an "Aunt Penny" in your life.....

why everyone needs an Aunt Penny.....

and why we are so very blessed that we have "ours".