for my sweet shishta

i remembered to post a reminder about ellynn's birthday, then don't get on and actually post a tribute.  sorry i am crazy! 

elly what can i say about you?  you are my hero.  i want to be just like you.  i remember sitting in church when i was a senior and elly was in 7th grade and thinking why can't i look like that?  i have come to discover over the the years that what makes ellynn look so good is that she has confidence.  she knows who she is and with that confidence she lifts others around her.  i always love when ellynn does my hair and make up, but it's not so much that she has made me look pretty on the outside it's that she has made me feel beautiful on the inside.  i love my elly!  i miss her every second that we are apart!  i wish more than anything that we could always be together, but i think it was jesse that said "at least we have eternity".  i am grateful for that.  the other night patti called and invited me to go with her to a shower that i had not been invited to.  i told her that i would go, but then called cory with doubts about going and people not wanting me there.  you know all those crazy thoughts we all have.  cory gave me some advise.....he said do you know why everyone always wants ellynn to be at every party?  because ellynn knows everyone wants her to be there.  and because she knows that:  everyone does want her to be there.  (did that make sense?  it did when cory told me.)  her self assurance keeps her from thinking about herself and focus all of her attention on others.  that is why ellynn is my hero.  i love her and i do want to be just like her!