We'll post more about our crafty goings-on later in the week, but Liz and Erica have been busy with a second super secret Sam post. Here's goes!
Sam deserves the best birthday post ever. And even though this
real post is a little late, Liz and Erica would like to share some of
their favorite memories of Sam in honor of her 29th year.
There was an incident where Sam was
cooking something at the Locust House, and Liz and Erica were in
their respective bedrooms. All of a sudden, we heard Sam calmly say
“Hey guys, the kitchen is on fire.” No alarm, no yelling, just
the facts ma’am. Luckily, no one was hurt and the house was just
fine.
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| Not quite this dramatic, but you get the idea. |
Sam also has impeccable fashion sense. From tie-dye shorts and well-loved t-shirts to heels and pj pants, she has given the contestants of “America’s Next Top Model” a run for their money.
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| What a rockstar!!! |
In all honesty, when the three of us lived in the Locust Street
house, Sam had the most professional job of all of us and put
together these awesome coordinating outfits that often made Erica and
Liz say things like, “Daaaaaaamn, girl!” She wore fabulous heels
and would often walk to work. Yes, because she really IS a
rock star and has super powers.
(Often, Liz wears heels for 5 minutes then starts to cry.)
Despite Sam’s kitchen-burning
efforts, she made really excellent food often. We all consumed a lot
of her famous caramel brownies (when Liz wasn’t eating all of the
caramels), white bean chicken chili, and gingersnaps. And we ate a
lot of popcorn too, which we called p-corn, so of course gingersnaps
then evolved to be called g-snaps, etc. Abbreviation was our
business.
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Wearing multiple layers and dancing/burning candles
to keep warm. Heat is expensive, ya’ll.
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In hindsight, we probably made and consumed so many warm foods
because we were poor chicks in our early 20s, scraping to get by -
meaning, we kept the heat in our apartment low in the winter and wore
many layers, often wearing entire blankets, just to keep our
extremities intact. Abbreviating food names was probably just a
survival mechanism we used to not waste our precious warm breath.
One of the best things about Sam, we feel, is her loyalty and
integrity to herself. She is so smart and strong that even when she
encounters life’s challenges, she powers through and maintains a
fearless confidence of self that is enviable and admirable. Sam
reads lots of complicated and sophisticated books and can speak very
educatedly about a variety of complex topics varying from evolution
to forensics to philosophy and more. In short, Sam’s brain is
giant and powerful.
One of the biggest lessons that Liz has learned from Sam is this:
Nobody knows everything about life and you don’t have to always
know what you are doing, because we’re all learning and we need to
treat ourselves kindly in the process. Also: stop worrying so much,
call your friends more often, and yoga. Just...yoga.
And also, love cats a lot but also love
dogs just as much:
Fun fact: Sam LOVES Halloween, probably as much as Erica loves
Batman. So, ya know, send her some cool Halloween sh*t, k? Crafts,
decorations, fun things you see on Pinterest - leave some comments
for her with Halloween stuff and she will love it! Cute pictures of
cats and dogs are also welcome.
