A Toast to Mich

I think most of us are good people in this world, but there are a few people who are better than good. Michelle is one of those people. She will be the first to say "I'm not better than anyone" and that is one reason she is; she is humble and self-sacrificing. She is the friend who says they're thinking of you, who answers the text (or sends the meme) right when you need it, who makes plans to go running, when it's the last thing either of you want to do but the exact thing you need. She listens to every complaining thought you can throw at her without a single ounce of judgement or criticism. She cancels her plans and sits with you at the emergency vet when your dog chokes on a milk bone. And she will do it again, and for someone else the next weekend, with no questions asked or repayment expected. 

How she does it, I am not exactly sure, but I think I have a hunch. She does two things that are rarer and rarer in this world: 1. she looks for, and finds, the good in every person. She ignores the bad things. They don't matter, it turns out. 2. She prioritizes people and relationships in life. It's getting easier and easier not to-- to not make the phone call, to turn down the invitation, to keep saying "let's get together sometime" and it never happening. She says "cool, I'll show up" and does. And she does it for so many people. 

This is on the blog, because as the supportive friend she is, she is one of my ~three blog readers! Her ability at seeing good in others fits with the Carly's Bananas mission of looking for something, and finding it, over and over again. I hope everyone has a better-than-good person in their life to learn from. 

Happy 30th Birthday Mich!
May the next decade be filled many peaks (of the Idaho and Wyoming variety) and very few valleys - except the new one you will be living in soon. And more banana pictures too. 

Banana at Planet Granite (submitted by Michelle)