Dear: The Person That Gave You Your Favorite Memory

I can't choose. I have SO many great memories: I'll just choose a few.

Dad

I remember you coming in from work and coming straight to the living room. Me and Mo would dash to you and hug your legs, then you would pick us up and throw us in the air and catch us three times. Maybe four.

I also remember the first time I saw you and mom kissing.

Every time I think of that, I think of what a poster-family we are.

Mom

My sixth birthday, you threw this BIG party in our back yard. Everybody came. Games EVERYWHERE. There was this moment... I remember a huge bucket of water with floating apples in it, and we had to bite the Apples with no hands. I had just dipped my head in the water and the apples kept sliding from my teeth's grasp. I pulled my head from the bucket laughing and burping from all the swallowed water, with my hair stuck to my forehead. You stood opposite me on the other side of the bucket laughing at me too. Then you dipped your head in the bucket and got an apple on the first try.
I've always thought you were amazing.

Of course, now I realize you had about a 30 year head start with the art of biting apples, and a fully developed jaw to go with it.

- Also, the first time I saw David, was astonishing. I was 7, you had just arrived from the airport from Zimbabwe and D was about 2 weeks old, and he was in a baby blue suede jump suit. I was always scared of holding babies, and I couldn't believe this little thing that had been kicking since cells multiplied and formed legs in the womb, was finally here. Until this day I believe he was the cutest baby I've ever seen in my entire life. Oh, and - He's still kicking.

Mo, Gu, Vu

We had gone to Cicero's party, and Tiko didn't wake up to open the door for us (that player as well) So we drove our Maruti/booty wagon near home, it was 5am - we were all still drunk and we drove up a dead end road next to Kaduya. Parked. Laughed, Gossiped until 7am, and then fell asleep. We were woken up by Mom's calls. Pending Drama.

Mesho

I remember the time you had decided that Kamuzu Academy water was truly detrimental to your well being (I'm laughing as I write this) and you swore off of it, until further notice. So every day for about two weeks, you wouldn't drink anything that didn't come in a sealed bottle until around 4pm - the minute the tuck shop opened. You and I would walk to the tuckshop, Day One; You bought three orange Fanta's, and before fifteen minutes had even passed, you had drank them all. Poor thing. You must have been parched. (I'm laughing really hard right now). Day Five; Fiona buys five orange Fanta's gives three to Thobe and tells her to run as fast as she can, as far as she can, and to hide them in the room somewhere Fiona would NEVER even think of looking. Thobe would almost trip from laughing so hard as she ran, and Fiona would absolutely demand the drinks at prep time (evening homework hours) anyway, then proceed to accuse Thobe of drinking one, because Fiona swore up and down she had given Thobe four orange Fanta's, not three... The thirst was causing delirium. Day 10; Fiona and Thobe are at the tuckshop. Victor has a grape Fanta half drunk and decides to sit next to us for a chat. Victor leaves his drink with us as he goes to socialize with a buddy for a minute. Fiona promptly drinks his grape Fanta down to the last drop. Victor returns and is confused. He starts accusing us of drinking his Fanta. Thobe and Fiona manage to convince him that he in fact, drank his Fanta, and then walked away. Why would anyone drink his drink? What does he take us for?

My tummy hurts from laughing just thinking about that last one.
Sigh. I'll stop here.