Sis and Brian, EIGHT YEARS :D
so lilac is the traditional flower for eighth anniversaries (wedding anniversaries, whatever, they're practically married anyway). and bronze is the metal associated with eighth anniversaries, so i found a picture of a badass Tibetan bronze tea kettle
Brian likes badass things and Sis likes tea, but if i actually had the money to buy that i don't think she could use it :P either way, it is awesome.
anyway, now for sappy times :D
i will probably repeat some of this stuff for subsequent anniversaries and even at you guys's wedding 'cause when it comes to writing things, i suck, and i'd rather stick with the first thing that sounded kinda good.
Sis is the best sister i have. she is also the only sister i have, but i'm sure if i had another one, she'd be an asshole. for a good portion of my childhood i wasn't very nice to my Sis, pulling her hair and knocking her down and throwing worms at her and mutilating her barbies. but honestly, she started it.
seriously though, i kinda took for granted that i had a sibling who was so close in age and the same gender. you really think that your family HAS to be nice to you and vice-versa because blood is thicker than water and all that, but it does come down to a choice. i'm proud that i can say that i truly love my family, and i'm pretty good friends with them too. especially with my Sis. just like all good friends, we have inside jokes, we've kept and shared secrets, we've watched each other's back, and we don't need constant contact to maintain our closeness. that's a big deal now that we live a thousand miles away from each other.
so my sister's happiness and well-being means a shit-ton me, and that brings me to Brian-
i could not ask for a more awesome brother-in-law-to-be. Sis was SO nervous that we wouldn't like each other, and i guess that's another testament to our sisterliness- we give a shit what each other thinks. she really didn't have to worry at all, 'cause if she likes someone and they treat her right, i like them automatically. Brian exceeded that- he's hilarious, generous, honest and clever.
it's not often that you can meet the significant other of a friend or family member and IMMEDIATELY hit it off, but that's just what happened. the three of us would go on epic (lame) adventures and make stupid jokes about each other and it wasn't weird or forced. Brian didn't make me feel like a third wheel and i didn't wedge myself between them. there was no weird "stop trying to steal my sister/my girlfriend from me" shit that happens in movies and to some of my other friends (because life imitates "art" or something like that). i'm happy that me and Brian are genuine friends and that we respect each other, because there are some sad bastards out there that don't have that with their in-laws (which he pretty much is at this point).
i don't have to hope for them to stay together 'cause i know they'll last for ages. the hopes i have for them is that they have more happy times than shitty times, that they keep their sense of humor, that i can see them soon, and that they one day give me crazy freckled nieces and nephews so i can have badass tea parties inside major badass pillow forts with them and draw fake tattoos and moostaches on them.
YAAAAAY now i need to eat something 'cause i ain't had no breffast.