featured friend: Kristin

Kristin is one of my best friends in this whole wide world. We’re friends from “home” and she came for a special visit earlier in the year when it was in the middle of winter. we had so much fun in the snow, special dinners, pistachio ice cream, the Olympics. below is a little of a “ketchup post” that she actually wrote a few months ago on her blog, gracefully living. hope you enjoy! love and miss you so much, doll!

entitled sweet, sweet friendship posted on Gracefully Living 

Sweet sweet friendship. I spent this past weekend in Syracuse, NY with a couple of my best friends from home. We all went away to different colleges and now live hours away from one another. We only get a few chances a year to all be together at the same place at the same time so this was a very special weekend. Distance can definitely be hard sometimes but we have a friendship that always picks up right where we left off. I couldn’t have asked for a better weekend away with great friends, snow fun, pictures, pistachio ice cream, spring colored nail polish, Olympics, and lots of laughter. I am incredibly blessed by their friendship and I love them so.

i love my city, part 2

people watching is always fun. like always. it’s one of my favorite past times. and there’s no where better for people watching than any park in nyc. lisbeth and i after sarabeth’s just sat in the park and caught up the best way we know how: celebrity gossip. i cannot tell you how many times i look down at my phone during any given a week and it’s a photo of some ridiculous celebrity doing something ridiculous..that…and memes. she really brightens my day up and i’m blessed that we have a friendship where no matter how far we are and at any distance, i truly call her a best friend. she really gets me.

we people-watched in madison sq park for a while where we shared videos; watched dogs do strange things (as well as their owners); some kick-ass outfits, shoes, and bags where we then dreamed about the day we could afford it all; and of course, tons of crazy little babies and kids.

madison sq park had this awesome installation by Orly Genger called Red, Yellow, and Blue. there are areas of the park with displays of nautical rope piled and woven throughout the park..painted in yes, the colors red, yellow, and blue. it’s absolutely astounding and i would truly recommend taking a look. another reason that i miss and will always love new york…the beautiful minds, art, and everyone’s appreciate of it.

i love you to death girl. you always bring me back to being me and have always supported me. we started with our amazing trip studying abroad in China and now look where we are! i’m so happy and proud of you for grad school and can’t wait to see you often. xoxo

jmu, 2013

this past weekend i got to watch my best friend graduate college. it brought all sorts of emotions and memories. this great girl has been in my life for almost a decade now. (man, we’re getting old!) to share this moment with her warmed my heart as we’ve grown so much into being the young women we are today. all of the laughs, great conversations, talks about what’s in store for us, seeing where she was these past 4 years, reminiscing, and just being ourselves were the greatest and best moments.

something amazing i’ve learnt about the best friendships is that not only in your toughest moments are your truest friends there but no matter how far you are from one another..you don’t grow apart.

doll, you are gorgeous, inspirational, genuine, and an amazing sister. i’m so, so blessed to have you in my life.

  

  

  

*photos were taken at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA– absolutely gorgeous