Growing up with 2 brothers and being the only girl wasn’t
always easy. I mean ya, Troy did tell me one time while playing barbies that he
wished he was a girl but it just wasn’t the same. Being the only girl wasn’t
always hard though because I was the middle child with Troy being the baby.
Matt, our older brother, and I didn’t always get along and because I was too
small to fight back, I took my frustrations out on Troy instead. He was smaller
then me at the time which made it pretty easy to do. It didn’t take long for
Troy to hit a growth spurt though making him not so small anymore. Needless to
say me taking out my frustrations ended pretty quickly. I think I was half
expecting to get back everything I had dished out but not surprisingly I
didn’t. I say not surprisingly because Troy just isn’t that type of person, he
never has been. Troy usually took my healthy sister beatings rather gracefully.
I hardly ever got told on and almost never got a Charlie horse in return. These
qualities he’s held onto throughout the years and I can say it’s made him a
better person. I don’t think I know a more loyal friend then Troy. He’s someone
you can count on to always have your back.
Some of you may not know Troy very well so I’m going to take
this time to enlighten you on what it was like to grow up with this guy. I
think it’s safe to say that Troy isn’t always the…. Brightest person, sometimes
the idea is there but he just can’t quite execute it that well. So when you’re
younger you usually don’t have a lot of money come Christmas time which is
understandable, one Christmas when we were younger Troy thought he was being
crafty and got me a bouncy ball as a gift, this was fine, I liked bouncy balls.
But then the next year I unwrap my gift… and its another bouncy ball, and I’m
thinking to myself I’m starting to see a pattern emerge here, but this time he
had gotten even craftier and I recognized this bouncy ball. Turns out Troy had
given me one of Matt’s bouncy balls for Christmas. Soooo… thanks for that Troy!
Being the baby of the family has it’s perks and Troy knew
how to take full advantage of that, I just remember every time we were asked to
do the dishes Troy had 2 back up plans, he would either conveniently have to go
poop or have a crying tantrum and he would ALWAYS get out of it. I really don’t
remember actually doing dishes with Troy, it was always me and Matt. Even two
years ago at Christmas time the boys had to do dishes so, Mark, Matt and Troy….
Oh no wait Troy was in the living room cuz Mom felt sorry for him for having
shoulder surgery. He probably planned that surgery.
I don’t think I’ll ever forget the time when our parents
were trucking and I got a phone call at work from my friend asking why there
were fire trucks at my place. I knew Troy was home alone so I started freaking
out, I finally got a hold of Troy on the phone and I asked what was going on,
he replied with “nothing much.” I then asked about the fire trucks and he said
“oh ya, I started a fire in the back yard” After I got home I noticed just how
big that fire actually was. Troy had been burning garbage on a windy day and
the fire caught a tree, which then caught another tree and also spread through
the grass. It got pretty close to the house by the time it was finally put out.
I’m just glad he had the sense to call the fire department. Unfortunately he
lost that sense that following weekend when we were having a hot tub party and
he decided to point the fireworks towards the bushes in front of the house.
Good thing we had hot tub water to put out that fire before it spread.
Troy and Nancy have had their share of ups and downs as most
couples have and I remember during a down time me and Troy having a
conversation about you Nancy. He told me that he had always only loved you. He
said that you made him feel complete and it was only you that he wanted. I
remember during that time that I wasn’t sure if Troy would ever be able to
settle down. And then there you were, taming the wild boy inside of him and
helping him to become a man. I get emotional talking about it because I got to
see you grow up Troy, I got to see you make mistakes. I got to see you both
bring a beautiful little girl into this world and I’m so happy it’s led to this
day. That I got to see you both get married, Troy looking so handsome, and
Nancy looking gorgeous.
Now I’ve only been married for two years so I’m hardly
claiming to be an expert but I do have some advice and I think my husband Mark
can agree to this- Troy, your wife is.
Always. Right. And that’s really all the advice I have!
Moving on, Troy even though we didn’t always get along when
we were younger I really am thankful that we have become friends. Our
friendship has taken a while to develop but I can always count on you to make
me laugh…. Or for you to ask me for a ride, but I will always say yes because
that’s what friends are for. This also means we can share inside jokes like
saying “Go to way”, or calling you Chin or you trying to make T-Roy take off, I’m happy I found a friend in my brother.
I’m also happy to have gained a sister out of my friend Nancy. Welcome to the
family Nancy and I wish you and Troy a lifetime of happiness together. I love
you both.
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The speech was received well so that was a lode off. The wedding came together beautifully and I must say, my brother and his wife are extremely photogenic! The pictures came out gorgeous I just love them!! I still need to see if Nancy will let me print a few pictures to add to my own albums. Although I love planning weddings myself and looking at wedding photos I am not a huge wedding fan. Like the actual day I mean. I don't know why really lol but I'm just glad that it's over. Even though it wasn't my wedding it's just nice to have that 'accomplished' if you will. No more stress for anyone and now the couple is just married and all is well and we can look at pretty pictures and thats good enough!
Sorry I've been MIA for a while, I've just been really focused on my Youtube channel (which is BeautyByDez2 by the way ;) ) and just other life happenings. Also it's really difficult to keep up with a blog if you don't actually have internet at home ya know!? But that shall soon change as well, as soon as I get a job (ya thats right, I still don't have a job) we will get internet and then I can be more frequent on here. Thanks for stickin in there with me, luv ya!
