weirdness

I'm glad to have sisters. My younger sis, Molly, reminds me time and again how fun life can be. To roll with the unexpected and to somehow make that lemonade out of the lemons in life. My older sister reminds me how important a thing like generosity is. She and her awesome hubby have offered a place for me in their house for a while for when I return to the States this summer. Whit is consistently giving me the literal shirt off her back. I would like to be more like them.
It is good to have people in your life who remind you of how you would like to be. More than pointing out your own weaknesses, I think it is good to have those people who you are sort of 'in Awe' of and feel so blessed to have them in your life. Don't you think? And then there are those that you are so glad to have around because they remind you that we are all, well, special, in our own little way.
I am amazed by my teammate (she is now rather officially my sister, and sometimes feels like my twin) here in Hungary, who puts up with so much weirdness from my direction.
I have decided that a prerequisite for that dreamy future husband of mine will be to hang out with her for a while and ask her how weird I really can be. Then, if he still wants to marry me, after tales of made-up stories about Grovers in the wilderness who make pilgrimages to the top of their mountain in order to harvest a rare type of celery...or if he hears about the endless stream of nonsensical song and banter, and the very strange health-related things that seem to always be showing up on my doorstep (be sure to chew your lettuce thoroughly before swallowing...it hurts the whole way down... and don't laugh too hard while you are eating a sandwich or you could snort little pieces out your nose! And did you know you could get a blocked salavary gland?) well...I think our odds of thriving in marriage would be higher than most these days. A little honest weirdness is necessary to uncover in everyone -or at least those closest to you-...some peoples' weirdness I would rather they kept it to themselves.
But I do think it is safe to say that I am not alone in this weirdness, and that not all of our weirdness is the same. Isn't that GREAT?! I thought so too.
I had attempted to make this blog a semi-serious one, but with the sun shining outside on this Friday afternoon, some silliness just cannot be helped. So, go find some weirdness in someone you love.