Inspiration

You know how you have certain friends for certain things, certain occaisions, certain moments? Like, the one you grew up with, the one you now shop with...a friend to watch The Bachelorette, a friend for devastations, a friend that's like family...

Well, this one's my friend Katie. And, she, well, she is my inspiration friend.

She was my official roommate in my first official house. We grilled beer brats nearly every evening and made yellow cake every week. It was just one summer of living together, but in that summer was everything.

We cried on each other's shoulders through the tragedies of the dating life. We called each other room to room when other roommates were just too loud to sleep. We watched our summer shows and sat forever on the front porch swing.

And, yet, as we grew as friends, our lives went separate ways. But still she inspired, inspires, me. She's the one who birthed her little Mae (at home, nonetheless) and then, only about a year later, brought her little Oscar home. She even diapers them both in cloth.

She's the one who now follows her hubby across the nation to start life together all over again and does it with her faith, her confidence, her sincerity, her calm, her peace carrying her in beauty. But, days before the packers, the movers do their thing and take her away to the beach, she asked me to take some pictures to make their new home feel like home.

I felt so honored.

...And I say it again, pause the blog music before playing this video...

Yes, she's my inspiration friend.

Love you, Katie.

Miss you already.