1st December 2013

Happy December everyone! This is one of my favourite months of the year because of (prepare for a typical Frankie list):

• The feeling of walking in to a warm, cosy flat after a long walk in the cold city. 
• All the festive lighting really makes the city look so much better.  I honestly wish it looked like this every time of year.  It's literally my bedroom on a larger scale. 
• Everything smells amazing.  Maybe it's the cold air that really makes the sweet smell of bakeries and coffee waft easier.
• Drinking hot drinks is even better (and its an amazingly satisfying thing any time of year any way).
• I have an excuse to listen to Christmas jazz and cook festive themed foods.
• Starbucks and cafe nero have their festive drinks... toffee nut and praline lattes - YES PLEASE.

• Everyone is generally in a better mood which in turn makes me in a better mood.

Now the reason I was going to post today was for another reason (I got a little bit sidetracked).  I guess in the festive spirit I've been thinking about the people I love and why I love them so much.  I wanted to make a post for them.  Below is a list of reasons why I love particular people but it is anonymous.  I guess if they read this - they'll know who they are but I don't think names are needed for this reason.  No order either (not that I have used a random number generator either).

1. We are ridiculously similar yet manage to not annoy each other (that much). I know that even if we don't have an extremely close friendship that I can talk to you if I need to and that we are always there for each other.
2. You may be on the other side of the continent to me at the moment but you will always be the first person I think of when I need a lift.  You have a "whatever" attitude that is occasionally needed to remind me not to take life too seriously.
3. I am your mini-me and I will always look up to you as a strong, passionate and extremely intelligent woman. I never talk highly enough of you but I really should because you are that one constant in my life that I know will never change. 
4. I've only known you for a short amount of time but you really have changed my life. You haven't changed who I am but you have made me reflect more. I guess you're the reason for this blog actually. You make me see life in a brighter light and spending time with you is the most wonderful feeling in the world. 
5. We are far too similar for our own good and although you and I have annoyed each other a lot throughout these 21 years, I still love you deeply, especially our chats about space, technology and physics. 
6. You are the kindest person I have ever met in my entire life. I cannot imagine you ever saying a single bad thing and you really brighten up my day. 
7. You introduced me to a group of wonderful people and I know that you have always been there from the day I met you. We have been through quite a lot together and although we may not be as close as some other people, I know that we understand each other.
8. You are my agony aunt (uncle), the brother I never had and you mean so much to me. We met by luck I guess, could have been paired with anyone but it was you... and we got on like a house on fire. I just hope that I am as much of a support for you as you are for me. 

SO there we have it... the 8 most loved people in my life. These are people I never want to lose from my life - no matter how far the distance between us - I want them to be part of my journey and me part of theirs.