Happy Birthday Sara!

Where to start...Sara had so many good qualities and I have so many great memories of her, 13 years worth. She was generous, talented, smart, determined, caring, super fun, a great friend and an amazing sister-in-law.

You knew where you stood with Sara and she was always ready with a sarcastic come-back. I remember the Sara that was strong and the best at everything, but I think my favourite thing about Sara was her big heart. She was a real softy for romantic comedies, she cried watching movies more than anyone I know.

One of my favourite memories was visiting Paul and Sara to hike Half Dome. On the ride up Sara and I watched Harold and Kumar in the back seat while Paul drove...we also talked a lot. It was a great trip. One of the best parts was going back to their place the day after, we could barely walk so we made dinner, Sara baked some brownies and Sara and I settled in to watch Maid in Manhattan. Yes, the very bad romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez as a hotel maid. While we both agreed the movie was bad, I looked over and saw Sara balling her eyes out on more than one occasion. That's how big her heart was, big enough to love Jennifer Lopez.

Sara and I appreciated a lot of the same things - sarcasm, having someone tug the ends of our pants down (hard to explain this one), watching So You Think You Can Dance, and of course Paul Mennega.

I often find myself in one of those "can I get a witness?" moments, you know, when someone does something crazy and you need someone to agree with you that it's them and not you. Sara is my favourite witness, I know she agrees with me in most of these experiences.

Thank you Jim and Di for raising such an amazing person, thank you Brown siblings for shaping who she was, thank you Paul for making her my sister-in-law, most of all thank you Sara for being Sara. To me you were perfection.

Love,
Cat