date tonight, I hope...

Today, on the anniversary of Nine-eleven,

I am looking forward to my date with the

beautiful Momma in the picture above!

I am hoping she doesn't have to stand me up

due to reasons beyond her control...

We are heading to Larose Civic Center

for dinner and a play of

Steele Magnolia's

that my friend Pam is starring in.

So let me just say a few words about my niece,

REBECCA

I have a very close relationship with all

my nieces and nephews but

today I will focus on the one I have

with my date.

She was born to me when I was 10,

so my relationship is different with her

than the older ones she calls sisters.

I remember the day she was born,

when I got back from school and Daddy

told me another girl was here for the

Gisclair clan.

I was so excited because one,

I didn't want a nephew called Calvin,

(sorry Jay, I cannot lie on my blogs)

and I just knew this little girl would be

special to me because I was old enough

to enjoy her in a different way.

I remember so much from her younger days...

I remember being her sitter,

I would take a nap with her every afternoon.

Cuddling her was so much fun because

she actually enjoyed her naps.

I would read to her, and she was always so calm.

she let me play airplane with her and she

was smaller than me so I could airplane her

on my legs, we called it

flight 107, don't ask why, it's what we called it.

She would sit on the bathroom counter and

let me blow-dry and style her hair for hours,

she never complained.

I wasn't always nice to her,

sometimes I gave in to her older sisters,

scared her about the ghost that lived in her house

called Cornelius, I never felt good about

scaring her, but I gave in and did it anyway,

sorry Beck!

Then we hung her baby dolls in the back trees with

clothes pins just high enough so she couldn't reach,

why in the world did I do these things?

Well I can just say, our relationship since those

times has always been one I treasured.

As I got older, and when they would visit

from Houma, I always let her in my room

and I would clean out drawers to give her

things I no longer wanted.

She could hang out with me in my room when

the others couldn't.

She never messed up my shelves that were

filled with things I treasured.

We both loved to read so we would

lay in my bed, never talking, just reading

for hours...

Oh, the relationship I had with the

little Rebecca is one I will always hold close

to my heart.

Now she is grown and I can say

one of my best friends.

We are much alike and yet very different.

Where I can be loud and obnoxious,

she is always quiet and reserved.

Where I am always thinking I need to do more,

she understands where her place is right now

which is with her 4 beautiful children.

We don't talk all that often, but when we

do you can set the timer, it'll always

be at least 1/2 hour.

I admire the way she and Mikie are

raising their children.

I know there are many times

they worry about things in their family,

they always hold their head up,

they are private in things that would

affect their children and let

rumors roll off their back.

I hope I have never disappointed them

with the issues they have trusted me with.

Both she and Mikie make it a point to

stay involved in Roddie and Jesi's life.

Both my children look up to the both of them

and will call them for advice without

hesitation. I trust them to always

tell my kids what they need to hear.

They have been good to the Riera kids

in that way. They have their own hands

full but they still have time for my small brood.

I hope as their children grow, they feel the same

way about their Aunt Lil.

I pray that my own children have learned

from these two cousins how to

always be there for their cousins as

they grow. I hope that any 4 of the Plaisance

gang feel like they can always call

Roddie or Jesi.

I promise to always give these four children what they need

not what they want, just as Rebecca and Mikie have always

done for my children.

Their main priority is always their

immediate family, I wish I could be more

like that. So Rebecca,

You always have and always will be

very special in my heart.

I value your love and your friendship

I pray that I have given you as much

in your life as you have given me,

For in nurturing you as a child,

I have learned how to be the mother

I am. I hope that you see some

of me in the way you Mother your

beautiful brood.

I hope you know that you have always and

will always hold a special place in my heart.

I can't wait to spend time with you tonight!!!!