Why My Niece is the Best Niece
Many people claim that their niece is the best niece. I recently overheard this preposterous assertion in a café, and scoffed. Why? Because my niece (who just celebrated her birthday!) is the best niece, and empirical evidence backs up my claim:
- She's a published author (her short story, "Dear Violet Brown," won an award from the public library and was published in their collection).
- She excels at both math and drama: she regularly aces her math tests, and performs in plays.
- She was the graduating class valedictorian in middle-school.
- She loves ancient Greek mythology.
- And most importantly, she has, objectively speaking, and without even the smallest semblance of uncertainty or merest modicum of doubt, the Best Uncle Ever!
- (Note: When she was a little kid, I tried to get her to admit that I was the Best Uncle Ever. But she was disturbingly reluctant; she said that her Grampy was her favourite, to which I replied, YOUR GRAMPY IS NOT AN UNCLE.)