My sister and I message each other 👁🪚🎈🥇 whenever there is lightning around.

When we were kids, if there was a storm brewing my sister would always shout "I SAW IT FIRST" at the first visible lightning strike. It ended up becoming a competition, both of us trying to catch a glimpse of the first strike or racing to say it if we both saw it.

Fast forward to now, we're both in our 40's and living in different states. Whenever there's a storm nearby for either of us, we still message each other, but a few years ago I simplified the message with emojis: 👁 (eye) 🪚 (saw) 🎈 (IT) 🥇 (first).

Even though we're 750km apart, I still race to type the message and send it!