| Wednesday, May 19, 2004 |
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Kelci is my oldest daughter. She's older than her sister by whole 12 minutes. She is one terrific kid who accomplishes many great things, but she always seems to get over shadowed by someone else. I feel so bad for her at times, because she is so remarkable, but never gets the credit she deserves.
It started at birth. Kelci has always been very easy going and laid back. Michelle is a bit more high struck, a little more maintenance required. Michelle always stole the show, and when they were small that was OK with Kelci, but as she gets older I can see that it hurts her. And it isn't only her sister who steals her glory.
When they were little Michelle was always accident prone and required a great deal of attention. She always managed to do something to get herself into trouble which resulted in several trips to the emergency room. Granted this isn't good attention, but it is attention non the less. Kelci once wish she could get hurt so she could get her turn at hospital attention.
Two years ago she got her wish. She was playing soccer and fell and broke her arm. Guess what her sister did 24 hours later? You got it, she broke her arm. Poor Kelci couldn't even have that one. Her arm was no longer the center of attraction, the fact that "the twins" broke their arms within 24 hours of each other playing the same sport was the new in thing.
Things like that always happen to her. Someone always manages to beat her out by the smallest of margins. Her dad and I always make sure to tell her how proud we are of her and how special and unique she is and how much we think of her achievements, but some how it isn't the same.
On Saturday she was in the District Track Meet. She qualified in 5 events but could only do 4 (the most allowed). She won medals in all 4 events. Third place in high jump. Third Place in the 400m sprint. 5th place in the 4 x 100 relay and 1st place in the 4 x 400 relay. Plus her team took the district championship. She won the most medals of anyone on her team and I am pretty sure she added the most points to her team score. But guess who made the paper? Her best friend who took 1st place in the 400 and a team mate who got a district record in the javelin. Oh yea, and in the small print where her wins were listed guess how they spelled her name? Kelli--the same thing they did on her 1st place Basketball trophy.
Can you guess who she got mad at? Me, of course for giving her a name that is spelled odd--people always want to change it to Kelly and that is not what I ever intended when I named her Kelci. I like the name and I loved the way it was spelled. I especially loved where I found it. It was in the center of a star on a mural in the maternity wing of a hospital. And the mural was painted by the first person I took art lessons from.
From the moment Kelci was born she was my star and she always will be, just for being her.
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