Before this past Thursday, I hadn't seen my sister since I scooted out of Florida in August 2011. We've always been close, despite our age difference and while being away from friends and family is always hard it was especially hard in the case of my sister and brother.
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| Don't trust anybody |
We grew up together, albeit in different stages, usually with the fat one watching the little one or ones. I detested being the built-in babysitter at times but I wouldn't give it up for anything now because it created a bond that we'll share for life. I may have wanted to be watching a show that's long been forgotten or a game that I'd end up beating just a little later instead of changing diapers or entertaining a kid but it gave us a chance to be ourselves from the ground up. We laughed & cried together, played & created our own little worlds together. And that's what I remember now. Not missing a phone call or a movie, but those kids and those times. They are what count.
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| So long and thanks for all the fish |
Kourtney arrived on Thursday night, not caring about what we did in the city just as long as we did it together. We started as soon as she landed and didn't stop exploring Los Angeles until late Monday night. We tried to pack as much as we could into 4 full days. Seeing sites, talking, joking, singing, watching movies and just living a little slice of what we used to when it seemed like we'd have all the time in the world. It was exhausting and amazing re-learning the in's and out's of what makes this city, and more importantly. our relationships special.
If I guilt-tripped you this far, then you probably already know what we did, when we did it and seen tons of photos so I'm not gonna get into all that. What I will get into is a little of the bigger picture.
Time is the currency we are all spending. We don't know how much money we've got until it's gone. You've got to make time count. You've got to spend it wisely. I'm guilty of spending time like there's no tomorrow, burning it up on things that don't matter in the long run.
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| Malibu 6.2.14 |
Kourtney's trip was as close to perfect as four short days can get but it's also a lesson. If you've only got a little bit of that currency to spend in the grand scheme of things, you gotta buy the stuff that matters. You've got to make memories, you've got to be with the people you love, the people that make you your best you and my sister is definitely one of the special people that makes me the best me.
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| We are here to change the world ... |
It's hard here in Los Angeles, too fucking hard at times, and between work and trying to build the life I've dreamed about since I was a kid, I forget the little things sometimes. The simple things. I have wonderful family and friends here but the people who made me who I am back home don't get to share in that. Not in person. It means the world to me to be able to pick up like it was just yesterday with the special ones and show them my world now. To share with them, in person, and I couldn't have asked for a better person to do that with than Kourtney. The last four days seemed like just a couple hours and even though she's in the air heading to Florida as I write this I miss her already but you can bet I'll cherish our time for as long as I live.
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| Da Vinci Girls |
I love you Kourtney Brown and here's to seeing each other, talking to each other and being us much more often than we have the past few years.
Auf Wiedersehen.
