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Because She's Really is the Best!

Vote for Stephanie! (you will need realtime player to view the video. It can be downloaded from www.real.com for free if you don't have it.) I hope you can see it because her kids steal the video!

or skip the videos and go right to the voting. Just click on Stephanie and vote.

Sis #1 is once again the finalist in the Houston Texans Ultimate Fan Contest. She had to make a video about what it means to be a Texan.

She really is a great and true fan of the Texans. She writes not only one but two blogs about the Texans. One for the Houston Chronicle, and one for AOL Sports She knows more about sports and the Texans than most sports writers. And unlike bandwagon fans, my sister sticks by her team through thick and thin. She also dresses up, like a good Texas chica should, to every game and her closet is overflowing with different outfits and accessories. She's amazing.

But not only that, she really is a great person and a superfantastic sister.

I am a military brat. We used to move every 2-3 years. I think this is why my siblings and I are all so close. I feel particularly close to her because I've known her my whole life. Aside from some extended family, there aren't many people I can say that about. She, Sis #2 and I were all pregnant at the same time. We all have six year olds. When her son was about four months, I started babysitting for her. Our children are really close as well, and for the longest time Zoe referred to her cousins as her brothers and sisters.

When I got diagnosed last year, Sis' #1 and #2 came immediately over to the hospital. Sis #2 told me not to worry about Zoe and Sis #1 said she totally had my back. She stayed with me that first day until the next morning at 5am when I got my room over at MD Anderson.

The day after, she and her husband came in my room and told me that all I had to worry about was getting better. That I should not worry about finances, Zoe, paperwork, my job... nothing. That my sole job was to get better. I knew then that God had blessed me and that they really meant what they said.

And ever since then, they have proven it with their actions. Sis #1 helped me with my social security, medical insurance, financial issues, and any legal issues. I did my will, my divorce, my power of attorney, my advance directives, and my leave from work all in a matter of a few days (with the assistance of my sister's awesome best friend, and my attorney Diane aka my beloved Clem's daughter).

She brought me bean and cheese tacos from Taco Cabana when I had encephilitis (and I was all paranoid and hallucinating that the hospital food was poisoned). And she brought me funny videos, cheesy Star magazine reading for the many hours I spent on the granny can, Papasitos salads when I craved them, and in between chemos, she'd call at night and ask me if I needed anything. She arranged for my move to my med center apartment, and when I got home post-transplant, she recruited our lovely Bunko sisters to unpack and set up the place. She's a great mom. And she's damn funny too.

There is also a part in the video where she shows different hospitals in the Houston Med Center. She blows a kiss in front of the MD Anderson sign as a shoutout to me and the many others that never quit.

Anyway, I've always said that I must have done some good in a prior life because I got super lucky with my family. They are all superb people. I'm blessed.

So my debu_readers, here is an appeal for your vote. She has done so much for me my whole life, now I'd like to help her out just a little bit.

She's been in the finals every year they've had the contest, but has never won. If she wins the internet video voting, she will win a trip to the Superbowl in Miami.

It doesn’t say how many times you can vote, or when voting ends. (It has to end at least by December 31st, because that is when they announce the winners). Last time, they did voting until the very end. They said that the voting was very close and that each of the finalists were in the lead at least once).

I can do this. My sister is Texan Chick!!

So please. Your assignment for today is to please spread the word any friends, family or co-workers who have internet access.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Much love!

Posted by debutaunt at December 13, 2006 08:48 AM