Pearl Harbor Day

Hi,
today is December 7, 2011 and while it is noted in the USA as "Pearl Harbor Day", in Toronto it is Cara B. Naimans' birthday.

CB, as my brother & I call her, is the baby of the family. As the last child of the brood she got more than her share of attention. She was so cute as a little kid and did the funniest things. We taught her to play "Hearts", a card game where if you get all the hearts you win and everyone else looses. Cara was very sneaky at getting all the hearts before the rest of us realized that she had them, there by whipping us at a simple card game.... by a 4 year old. Cara could also do 3 or 4 complex jigsaw puzzles at the same time. She would dump all the pieces out of the boxes into a huge pile then spend the day sorting them and making up all the puzzles at once. Her favorite thing to do was to hide a few pieces so that even if we helped her she always got to put the last piece in.... this would make her howl with laughter. She thought that was the best, I guess you had to be there.

It's hard to imagine that the baby is 47 years old today. When did I get such a mature little sister? I still think of her as a kid learning to sing "I'm a little tea pot..." with a punch line of "Sock it to me baby, let it all pour out!"  I think that was where her musical talent was first noticed. Many viola lessons later we would all watch her in awe perform at the UofT (University of Toronto) concerts. Is that really my sister playing with that group of musicians? What happened to "I'm a little tea pot?" When did Brahms & Beethoven get into the mix?

As Cara has grown up she has picked up languages as if they were always on her tongue just waiting to be spoken. Friends from her travels around the globe are plentiful. Her partner, Andy, cats Haroon & K2, are all a huge part of her life. Cara makes a great gefilte fish and reminds me of our grandmother in many ways... and that's a good thing.

Happy Birthday CB, and many more.

xox
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