I loooooove my sister in law.

I just thought I'd change the pace of my blog a little and wish my loving sister-in-law a great big Merry Christmas. Here is my new list for the day... Why I love my sister-in-law!

1. I love her because criticism of me is always constructive and when I point out the fact that her "man" is doing many of the things she, very constructively, criticizes me about, she takes it all in stride. I know that she just wants to help me become a better human being.

2. I love her because she ALWAYS treats everyone with respect. She is by far the most pleasant person I know.

3. I love her because she would NEVER overreact to any situation.

4. I love her because she uses email ever so responsibly. Never spamming and only sending her warmest wishes to everyone in her mailing list.

5. I love her because she is so loving toward her nieces and nephews. She would NEVER say anything negative about an innocent child.

6. I love her because she is considerate. When asked to place diapers in a bag and put them in the outside garbage, she does it without hesitation. When politely asked to stop spamming a person's mail box, she is only happy to oblige.

7. I love her because she would never use someone's death as a weapon. She would never bring up something that a person who has passed away may have said that would be hurtful because it may have been taken out of context and no-one would be able to discuss with that person what was said and why. She knows that a person's death is hard on everyone involved and she'd never make things worse.

8. I love her because she has a great imagination. She is able to take reality and make it suit whatever needs she has at the time, what a wonderful quality.

9. I love her because she is always right. I never met someone who was always right before I met her. Now without a doubt, I can live a full life.

10. I love her because she sees herself in everything -- she is every woman. I can make a post (about babies for instance) in which 2 of the 22 comments may be directed solely at her and she sees herself in every single comment.

11. I love her because she has a fantastic memory. If there is anything in your past that you forgot (or would like to forget), she'll bring it up and even add some of her imaginative twists to the story.

12. I love her because she has opinions about things and situations she knows nothing of (...I forgot, she knows everything). It is nice that she has taken such an interest in my family that she has only met in passing. It is interesting that she has such insight into my dealings with my family. I truly hope that I can learn something from these insights because they don't mirror reality in any way. Perhaps I need some mental help because it seems I have misconstrued many areas of my life.

13. I love her because she is a rock! She is a firm foundation that her family can lean upon when they need help.

14. I love her because she would never do or say anything that would hurt my feelings and believes that I should strive to do the same.

15. I love her because I don't have to tip-toe around her in the fear that I might send her into a ranting rage.

16. I love her because she knows everything that her sister went through during her first few years of university and she was (and continues to be) so supportive.

17. I love her because you can make jokes about her and she NEVER takes it personally.

18. I love her because she has the rosy belief that everyone thinks she is perfect (which , of course she is). As far as I am concerned, anyone who questions her judgement are assholes and deserve to have mean emails sent to them!

19. I love her because her judgement is beyond reproach.

20. I love her because she would never get upset with someone for something they had no part of. Above all, she is fair.

21. But most of all, I love her because she is truly kind. She puts everyone's needs above her own asks for nothing in return. They certainly broke the mould when she was created. She is one of a kind.