Birthday blog

My sister Clara and I have a lot in common, but we also differ in many ways. One of our differences regards the content of my blog: Clara thinks that her key-family-member-to-the-author status warrants that her name be mentioned every so often in this digital space, while I believe that, since this blog's topic is my life abroad in Peru, posts about my stateside little sister are not exactly relevant. This is an ongoing debate between us, which I doubt will ever reach a satisfactory conclusion, but today, Clara is about to win a major point: a direct shout-out on the blog.

In two days, my sister will turn 20 years old, and this is a big deal: two whole decades of life completed. Seems like only yesterday she was a five year-old with a bowl haircut whose favorite activity was making new friends: at family restaurant outings she'd spend the duration of dinner waddling around introducing herself and chatting at all the other tables. Clara has always had a way with people :) Anyway, since I am heading out this afternoon for our weekend-long Camp VALOR (72 hours of fun and exhaustion with 35 high school boys), I will not have the internet access I'd need to be able to call Clara on Saturday to wish her a happy birthday. So instead, I'm making this Clara's official birthday blog. Happy birthday Clara, I'll be thinking about you and sending lots of love and hugs from Peru!