This is fourteen

Fourteen is...

...smart
...strong
...feisty
...funny
...determined
...beautiful
...THE best big sister
...THE best little sister
...a great friend to many
...she-shoots-she-scores captain of the basketball team, determined on the cross-country track, fierce on the lacrosse field
...taller than your mom
...assuming you know better than your mom (I'm not even gonna argue with you)
...curious about the world
...sometimes sweet
...sometimes sarcastic
...complicated
...doing volunteer work not just because you should but because you care
...shopping, shopping, shopping (did I mention shopping)?
...genuinely responsible about doing homework
...professional morning dawdler
...crazy for sushi
...prone to busting out dance moves just because
...just as stubborn as I can be, and that's saying a lot
...actually cleaning up your room because, you said, "it relaxes you" (OMGEEEEE)
...staying up way too late
...facial mask maniac
...Insta-obsessed
...giggly
...chilling in the saucer chair in your room and reading
...critiquing your mom's wardrobe, weight and basically everything but I love you no matter what
...master of the selfies
...redecorating your room and moving the most giant desk by yourself and how exactly did you do that?!
...pushing limits
...pushing more limits
...pushing All The Limits
...a perfectionist about school projects
...more skilled with a flat-iron than I'll ever be
...still cute enough to love Shirley Temples
...still freckled
...still my best girl.

Fourteen is you today. Happy Birthday, Sabrina. We love you.