On Saturday the fourteenth it was my older sister's birthday. Helma is four years older than I am and is a great teacher (she claims she is not). From the little things like teaching me how to play dress up and how to take care of our dolls to how to share a room way back in the day. She also gave my my first mask (I think I was 8 or so and my parents thought it was ridiculous). She taught me how to giggle, how to argue, how to keep my mouth shut, and how to talk. She taught me how to listen, how to learn 30 French vocab words in one night when I first entered high school in Holland. She taught me how to be a sisters, how to be a better sister, how to be a loving sister. She taught me how to solve many, many math problems even though she was four years ahead of me. She taught me ow so many things.
When we first moved to Canada I was 13 and she was 17. Boy, was I ever shy, and here comes Helma, my life saver. She was awesome, you know why? I'll tell you! She talked for me. If someone asked how old I was she would tell them, if someone asked where we lived she would tell them. I was like a little child following her mom. I must have driven Helma nuts but eh, it made life a little easier for me.
Helma is the more outgoing type of the two. She is awesome. She talks to everyone. She has always had outgoing jobs. She was always able to have good comebacks (ow she still does by the way), she is able to tell you many many stories, if you just wait long enough. (We shared a room for the first half a year in Canada.) Let's just say many nights we were up for hours, because we first had to do our homework, then go on MSN with the Dutch people (midnight here is 8am there), and then we would just talk... :) lol).She showed me how to take big steps, like go to college, move out, and do some crazy things all in one (like) week it seemed to me. She was gone and I missed her terribly. That was, let's see, four years ago now? She came back for a while after college, and then got married! I was of course happy for her, but eh, who can I talk to now, late in the night...?
Helm, you know what, I think you should move back in. It is way to quiet around here without you, it's no fun not having my older sister to teach me all the little things only sisters can teach me :( I love you!
Next, on the 15th of August, my big, single, then with girlfriend brother got engaged. Peter and Cindy have been dating for a year I think, and now got engaged! They are going to get married his Winter. I'm pumped. For us. For them. For him. He's so excited. Now who can not get excited when the old bro is excited?! Peter and Cindy, I hope you have tons of fun with your wedding planning, and are looking forward to all that is to come! :D I can't wait for the big day!
A day later, August 16th, was Corne (my second brother) and Erika's fifth anniversary. It is so crazy that it has been five years already! It sure does not seem that way to me. But it is so. Now you oughta know that C+E live in the Netherlands and we do not. Even though they have been married for quite a few years, we have only seen them together as a married couple in real life for about hmm say 6-8 weeks! I know, it's pretty scary. But I know that they're still my bro and sil, that they always will be. No matter where they are, no matter what they do, they will always be my brother and sister in law. They know have my one and only adorable nephew so far! He's super, and hearing all the things over phone and email, its just super. I love them, but
miss the three van Ipertjes in Nederland very much so.
Dear siblings, I think you all deserve to have the name celeb sibs, because you need to be celebrated. Always.
I love you! :D
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