She's been discussed on the blog before, but only in passing and I want to make sure I do this a little more intentionally...
Alex is a 23 year old BEAUTY whom we met at the start of the school year. We connected through a former colleague from Egypt who was lucky enough to have Alex complete her practicum in his classroom back home. Not only did we have that connection, but Alex is also Canadian (#automaticattraction) and her Dad happens to live a three minute walk from our house in Lakefield (#smallworld)! To take it a step further, we discovered early on that Em, Alex and myself have matching agendas with the same ego-boosting pages on the inside AND that she is as embarrassingly (I think) obsessed with Survivor as Phil happens to be. It comes as no surprise, then, that she nailed her "audition" process in record-breaking time and was adopted as our Kuwait "Little Sister" as soon as the paperwork was ready to go ;)
Some things that we really, really adore about our Little Sis:
1) It's like we've known her for years. Sometimes, I forget that she doesn't know some of the people or memories that we do.
2) You'll never meet a more open-minded, non-judgemental person ever. Everything is just "COOL" to her, no matter how BIZARRE and MIND-BOGGLING it seems to the rest of us.
3) She gives everyone the benefit of the doubt. It doesn't matter the situation, she assumes positive intentions. (Even when you're in a really bad mood and you need someone to simply AGREE WITH YOU on the behaviour of another person.)
4) She has a KIND SOUL. Case in point: While I was at the hospital with Jettie, Alex went to visit Nory and ended up watching her in the tubby for a GAZILLION HOURS.
5) She loves our girls. And she doesn't even have to say it. You can tell in the way her eyes light up every time she's around them. She genuinely cares for and adores them :)
6) The girl is ALIVE. SHE LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!! She DOES STUFF!!!!! She GOES PLACES!!!!!! And, in doing so, she reminds us that having fun is not just important, but NECESSARY.
7) She laughs it off. Everything and anything. The rest of us need to adopt a piece of that coping strategy...
We love you, Little Sis! Thank you for teaching us to see the world through your eyes, mind, and heart. We are so lucky to have you!!!
XOXO
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| From Nory's Birthday Party on Friday :) |
Some things that we really, really adore about our Little Sis:
1) It's like we've known her for years. Sometimes, I forget that she doesn't know some of the people or memories that we do.
2) You'll never meet a more open-minded, non-judgemental person ever. Everything is just "COOL" to her, no matter how BIZARRE and MIND-BOGGLING it seems to the rest of us.
3) She gives everyone the benefit of the doubt. It doesn't matter the situation, she assumes positive intentions. (Even when you're in a really bad mood and you need someone to simply AGREE WITH YOU on the behaviour of another person.)
4) She has a KIND SOUL. Case in point: While I was at the hospital with Jettie, Alex went to visit Nory and ended up watching her in the tubby for a GAZILLION HOURS.
5) She loves our girls. And she doesn't even have to say it. You can tell in the way her eyes light up every time she's around them. She genuinely cares for and adores them :)
6) The girl is ALIVE. SHE LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!! She DOES STUFF!!!!! She GOES PLACES!!!!!! And, in doing so, she reminds us that having fun is not just important, but NECESSARY.
7) She laughs it off. Everything and anything. The rest of us need to adopt a piece of that coping strategy...
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| At Christmas dinner! :) |
XOXO
She is adorable.
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