5 Beautiful Memories

Today is a super emotional day for me as it marks the one year anniversary since I lost my beautiful cousin. I loved that girl unconditionally, and no one else will ever hold the title of cousin, sister, and best friend. So, today I wanted "my five" to be five of my favorite memories with her. We used to get into a lot of shenanigans, so some memories may need to stay put locked up in the vault 0:-)

1. My nana lived on Hilton Head, SC and we all flew in for a family reunion when I was about 4 years old and my cousin was 2. After we boarded the plane, I asked my parents where she was and they said she was on the "Eastern plane". Being a 4 year old, I thought I heard the "Easter plane" and got all upset and jealous that my cousin was flying with the Easter bunny and who knows what other fun characters.

*Sitting on our Nonnie's chair in SC*

2. I had originally asked her to be co-maid of honor with my best friend at my wedding, but as it got closer she had to drop out due to financial reasons (of course I offered to pay for her dress, but she refused to let me). I knew I still wanted her a part of the wedding, so I asked her if she'd like to do a reading instead which she did a beautiful job with and she even teared up near the end *love watching the wedding video*.

3. The jug of life.... a creation which was the combination of our 2 brilliant under-aged minds. Back in college, we used to get our hands on a bottle of cheap vodka, and would then go to the grocery store and get a jug of fruit punch and dump half of it out and fill it back up with said vodka. We would then pass it around and all share it on the way to the club. Sometimes there would still be some leftover in the morning, and one morning after we had all crashed from a night of fun her boyfriend at the time woke up while we were all hungover and feeling like death and took a swig of it and said "Mmmmm that's the jug of life".

4. Another great college memory was when we we happened to be at a club one night where some of the cast from Real World Philly were there (Landon and Shavonda) hosting. I don't know how it all came to play, but next thing I know Landon pulls us up onto the bar and we start dancing with him while Shavonda was pouring shots down our throats. Not a bad night for a college kid...

5. I honestly can't narrow it down to 5 memories... countless nights out, family gatherings, hours spent on the phone, pool parties, meals out, frat parties, and shopping sprees. She was the closest thing I had to a sister and my heart will never be whole again.

Linking up today with Darci for 5 on Friday and Lauren for High Five on Friday. Hop on over and join us! Happy Friday!