K-K-K-K-Katy ~

I had dinner the other night with

a dear college sorority sister

whom I don't get to see very often.

She is one of the top 3 all-time funniest people I know.

{i happen to know a LOT of funny people...this is no small thing!}

She's crazy talented with her career

(as a professional makeup artist)

and what is most refreshing about her...

no matter how long has passed

since the last time we saw each other -

it picks up RIGHT where we left it.

She is a committed Christian

who's prayer life I admire.

She talks to Jesus like He is her buddy.

It isn't flippant, it is completely endearing.

It is real.  It is perfectly her.

She's a foodie, loves to travel and

completely draws you in with

her faux Texas-Beth accent while she 

quips at herself.

It was the other night that I was really

able to share my heart with her

and she with me, in a way we hadn't before.

While we stroll down 2 different

paths in life - they are extremely

parallel and I know the Lord placed sweet Katy

in my life for a moment such as this.

We are able to run the entire spectrum of conversation

appropriate and completely INappropriate -

and that balance is what makes me

feel completely ME when I'm with her.

She sees me, knows me and it recharges ME.

She knew me before I was a wife.

Before I was a mom.

Before I was *this person*...

...sometimes *this person* gets lost 

in the shuffle of the everyday.

Katy brings me back in touch with her.

She's not the only one who can do that -

but she did it the other night and

I'm still invigorated with the connection

she helped make between *me* and ME.

I'm so blessed with deep 

and meaningful friendships.  

Friends can be for a season or

friends for a lifetime - I'm grateful for all of them.

Katy is definitely a lifetime friend.

(and, one of the main reasons  why our daughter is named Katelyn who's nickname is Katie...)


***all photos taken well over 10 years ago...I hardly recognize these people!***

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