Beautiful Friends

I love this girl.  And we had to be there.   So we headed over to Kirland for the surprise happy birthday party. Cuz the truth is I'd drive much further just to be with her.  I'd drive really far...like to China.  Because we have a story and we go way back. And we've done stuff together that you just don't get to do with everyday friends.  And in a world where it's hard to get it right it's just so good to be known by someone that can take the hits for you when life's a big landslide and it's all going down hill.

















 And she's my Ge...







It was too quick. Though Eli thought it took way too long to get his noodles.  I was glad that it took so long so that we could just all sit and be a be apart of a great night. 


Later that night we drove to our good friends house and stayed up late with tea and brownies and talked till we started to slur our words. 
We talked about Grace and community and love.  And we sat and listened to a story that was happening in their world.  And some of our broken pieces from our story seemed to have a bit of purpose.  The pain turns around and now is used for love.  And I was so glad that we went down the roads we went down so that we ended up at there house to hear their story. 


Because we have to hold each other up...














and hold on tight...

And a bit of home cookin' just has to happen or else it wouldn't be official.  We really eat good...especially with family!