Jayders

There is an eight-year age difference between me and my baby sister, Jayde. The first time I learned of her existence was immediately prior to introducing my family for show and tell. That night, I told my mom that she shouldn't being doing dishes in "her condition" (and I ended up doing dishes from then on). Jayde was such a cute baby with a huge mess of wild blonde curls. When she started walking, though, she followed me everywhere. It was fine when we were home alone, but she always had to follow me around when I had friends over too. Luckily she grew out of that . . .

When she graduated from Rigby High School this last spring, we celebrated by taking a trip to Bali, Hong Kong, and China. It was so fun to spend three weeks seeing the world and bonding with my lil' sis. Jayde just started her first year at U of I. I miss having her close. I feel so lucky (and proud) to have Jayde for a younger sister.