Happy Birthday Lee!

so today is Lee's birthday....HAPPY BIRTHDAY LLMIII...so here a list of 8 (since that's his favorite number) things i love about Lee!

1. how much he cares for others. he honestly is the only person i really know that doesn't judge people and write them off but cares to get to know them and what they are all about - sure he might write them of then but at least he gives you a chance....and he rarely acutally writes you off. he even cares for others to a fault 'cause he rarely thinks of himself, if ever.
2. i envy his craziness. he jumps and hops through life (literally) and doesn't care what people think and doesn't have that is this okay or appropriate to do in public complex...its refreshing even though i don't always agree :)
3. his music! for the most part! every time im in the car with Lee he is playing music that i have never ever heard in my life...i love finding new music so i like listening to his playlist haha except when im in the mood to be able to sing along with the songs....i have a great idea! - he should make me a mixed CD!
4. his musical talents! he is truly blessed and talented musically. he can sing and play so very well - i could honestly listen to him forever. he is also a very good songwriter although he seldom shares his songs with others...they are great! and im oh so jealous
5. innocence! lee is from a very small town so he just has that small town charm in him. i miss the innocence that living in a town like barksdale gave him. now he goes to school at UTSA so he has lost some, but every once in awhile it peeps through. he didn't know what a scantron was! how cute is that? but i mean innocence in a sense that he trust people are good and that they have good intent but also i mean just cuteness....
6. his knowledge and trust in Jesus. i will forever be grateful to Lee for showing me what it means to be a Christian and living that in front of me day in and day out. im not sure where i would be in my walk with Christ if he did not come into my life at exactly the moment that he did - i thank you lee times infinity!
7. his new found style...he should have totally listened to me earlier....
8. and lastly, i love lee's humor. he is a very funny man. we have shared so many laughs together haha from his jokes to just random funny life moments. i love when he laughs and gets an idea or another story and says oh man mid laugh in that weird crazy voice or how he winces his face a lot it something is truly funny to him and how he wails his arms around while laughing...its quite a sight to see!

i will always be friends with lee - i know that! he will always have a special place in my heart and i will always care about him and i think he would be comfortable saying the same thing. i want nothing but the best for him and hope that he truly finds himself soon and that our friendship can continue to ride the waves as its sometimes way hard for us to make it work.

(one of my favorite pics of the two of us - from summer 2006)