today, i am so thankful for my roommate and best friend kara. we first met in 5th/6th grade i don't remember specifically which one.... at first we were just "church friends." ya know, those friends that you sit next to in sunday school, are in the same cabin for church camp...but nothing much more than that. yup, that was us. it wasn't until i started attending the same middle school that kara did in 8th grade that we really hit it off. since then, we became inseparable. we attended the same high school and did everything together [dance team, cross country, prom committee, csf...]. all throughout high school we talked about going to the same college, living together, and eating chicken curry for dinner every night. well, that didn't happen. that didn't happen at all. i went to biola university in los angeles, and she went to taylor university in indiana. it would have been so easy to let our friendship fall at the wayside, but that didn't happen. through hours talking on the phone, surprise visits and spontaneous spring break trips; we kept a strong friendship.
and now, here we are. finally living together. and we get to say that we have known each other for 13 years. honestly, who can say at 24 years old that they have known their best friend over half of their lifetime? i am going to take a guess and say not a lot of people.
so today, this gloomy at least here in los angeles thursday, i am thankful for kara. i am thankful for the 13 years that she has been a listening ear, a shoulder to cry on, the one not afraid to hurt my feelings with some honest advice, provider of hours of laughter, and for being the person who really understands me.
[yosemite national park. happy isles nature center]
[2005//2008//2011]
and i will leave you with this thought...
henry david thoreau
launch yourself on a wave today...happy thursday to you.
you are welcome, my dear!
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