For…
-inspiring me to major in accounting at university (while I was in the 7th or 8th grade)
-being the first person to let me drive a car on the street at around age 14
-giving me my first pieces of corporate attire my freshman year at FAMU (we were required to dress in business clothes one day/week)
-sending me random checks throughout my undergraduate time at FAMU
-always welcoming my friends into your homes in Lithonia, Tampa and Roswell
-all the beach trips and mini-van experiences with the very young D, M & T
-modeling how to be an amazing hostess (Christmas parties in Roswell!)
-letting me and baby J come stay with The Greens for 10 days in 2004 (J’s very first flight at five months old!)
-sharing your faith journey
-coordinating fun family reunions
-coordinating Green Girls cruises and gifting my cruise package in 2007 while I went thru a major health crises
-transparency on being a wifey and mother
-spending the night with your friends at my place a few years in a row (y’all were headed to the Family Circle Tennis Tournament in Charleston)
-every birthday card
-sharing recipes and general cooking inspiration
-swapping pictures of our personal hairstyle horrors
-ALWAYS making me laugh
-listening and commenting (hilariously) on my work stories at what you called “The ABCDEFG” (also known as BCBS) the last 15+ years
-never letting too much time lapse without us talking
-being an amazing aunt and even better friend
-extending mercy over judgment when my marriage crumbled
-being a safe place my entire life
Thank you, Aunt Rae!
Love,
Tiff