black sheep of the family

it's sort-of a running joke that i'm the black sheep of the family for a lot of reasons. i seem to like to do things differently and i'm a mix of everything.

we had family pictures taken... gosh i don't know... like 4 or 5 years ago. we were taking a kid picture (jeff, karen, me) the photographer looked at my mom and said, "you have 3 very different personalities standing up there." yes, it's true.
actually, my longest friend texted me saturday with a picture of our family picture from that time, which is still hanging in the studio of the lady who took them in ste. gen. i thought, 'seriously... that was sooooo long ago.' i guess it was a good one, or the photographer liked it anyway.

at my grandma's funeral one of my mom's cousins came over and started telling me how much i look like my mom and how much jeff looks like dad. (karen was missing from the table that this moment). i told her to wait until my sister got back because she is always told how much she looks like mom. as karen made her way back we all stared at her and the cousin took back everything she said and decided karen looks exactly like mom and stated i looked more and more like my dad every second.

this is how it usually goes. jeff always hears how much he looks like dad. karen always hears how she looks like mom. and i always get a mix. i never know who they'll say. it's always a surprise.

so here's a picture of my family. you can be the judge.

Greta (sister-in-law), Jeff (brother), Mom, Dad, me, Karen (sister)

i'd like to give a special shout out to my mom today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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