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Happy Birthday Lisa!

by on ‎11-06-2014 05:49 PM

When I first met Lisa it was a mix of emotions.  I was excited, scared, happy, nervous (I was sweating bullets), and ohhhh so apparently SHY! It was one of the few times in my life I couldn’t speak a peep! Then she smiled…and suddenly…I could be me again.  We chatted, we laughed, and then we said our good nights.  Lisa has a way about her.  In an instant, she took away my fears and made me feel like I could fly!


That was a few years ago when I was a brand new guest at the Q.  I didn’t get to see Lisa in person again until over a year later when I moved to PA for my new job as a host.  We had been texting over the holidays, and she invited me over to her place for a pancake breakfast on Sunday Morning (I arrived the day before).  It was January 5th (MY birthday), and I was going to start it off with pancakes at Lisa’s. WOW!  There was nothing that could top that!  So on that morning I skipped to my car (actually I slipped to my car…there was ice ALLLLL over…but it didn’t matter…it was still the best day ever), and drove over to Lisa’s house.  She had a couple of friends over.  We ate, we laughed - we became instant “besties.”  The pancakes were DELICIOUS, and when we were done, we all helped to clean up together – which reminded me of being home with my family. For my birthday, Lisa had given me so much – comfort, friends, family and a feeling that I could now look at this place and call it “home” – I felt like I just won the Lotto.  


Dear Lisa,


In the past year we have gotten to do so much together.  We work together, we workout together, we shop and eat together. 





 


Working out..



Working out...sort of...



And eat together..



And eat together.... lol



Even on a roller coaster while screaming for my mommy, I wouldn’t have wanted to be anywhere else!  



We have truly been enjoying life!  And I feel like Life has been enjoying us too!  We definitely make the world a more colorful place (and I’d like to say stylish).  You have given me so much since that first birthday present…



My birthday wish for you is that you fly as high as your wings want to go…that you strike the Lotto of your dreams every day…and that the world smiles back at you the way you have always smiled upon it – with love, adoration, and magic.  God bless you, and I love you my dear friend.  Happy Birthday! May it be the best one yet!! 



Love, Love, Love,


Alberti