Hi there everyone!

How are you? It’s Friday. In a few short hours I’m heading out.. on the road for my trip to Roanoke, VA. Going to meet my best friend from High School, the wonderful beautiful Bohemian Girl Kyra for a Girls/Best Friend weekend before I get married. About a year ago.. I made a pact with myself that I would spend.. individual time with each of my Best Friends before I get married. And so.. Kyra and I are going to immerse ourselves in.. well us!

A topic that I have always felt sensitive about.. needing to explain my feelings has come up and I want to ramble on about it for a spell. You probably already know.. but if you do not. I have 4…5 if you count my wonderful little sister, best friends. Each of them Represent a different time of my life.  Kyra from High School.. Matthew from WVU, Michelle from Savannah and Naomi from Here. Naomi and I have had a falling out earlier this year, and we are no longer actively friends but that doesn’t change the fact that I consider her a Soul Mate in my life .. No one will ever be able to fill her shoes.. Good, Bad and Conflicted (we used that word a lot)  and I don’t ever want them to.

Then you say.. What about all your other awesome friends.. “Best” Friends? I’ve had this topic come up more than once so I’m familiar with it and I want to talk about it here, now. It’s an emotional thing… plain and simple. I guess I should change the word from Best to Kindred Spirit .. but I believe I have SO MANY Kindred Spirits.. People who, upon meeting them.. INSTANTLY I KNEW I’ve known them before.. The list goes on and on… And Soul Friend… well.. that just sounds cooky. To me the best way to explain it is to define it.

Best Friend  = Someone who, has been there.. thru thick and thin.. years upon years… a marriage of sort…. Laughing.. Crying… Getting thru Arguements.. Making Up.. Surprises.. “Swimming in the Deep End” ; diving deep into who we are.. our fears, dreams, desires. Years upon Years of Love and Understanding (okay not always understanding.. HA!)

I was telling another Dear Kindred Spirit of mine, Kristy, that these “Best” Friends… are like Great Big Oak Trees.. Standing tall.. Strong.. enduring years of Rain Storms, Blizzards, as well as the Cool, Crisp Days where Cicadas and Butterflies flitter about, taking in the shade. I can’t explain it any other way.  It’s not at ALL that I don’t absolutely and positively adore the Forest that are all my friends.. I am one lucky woman that I have been blessed with many wonderful friends.. Many of you.. who are reading this right now. I have many Oak Trees in my Forest.. but these people.. these spirits of mine.. Have stood the test of time.. Have watched me become the person you see today, directly and indirectly with such importance that saying “Best” is the only way most people will understand.

Okay with that said….

Kyra and I are going to a Music Festival called FloydFest tomorrow… Going Swimming.. Reading..playing Skip Bo.. and LOTS OF TALKING. Kyra.. just so you know.. is responsible for this website.. for our Wonderful Wedding Invitations which are the BEST I’ve Ever Seen (But I’m biased admittedly). I am so grateful to her.. I met Kyra my Senior Year in High School in Chemistry Class.. she sat in front of me. Hee hee.. We’ve been to Woodstock together.. and a trip out West… Up and Down and all around.. I will be communing with her a few days and taking in every drop of her and her creativity and free spirit-ness!

Oh.. and about the Job Stuff.. I still am unemployed.. Filed for Unemployment on Tuesday.. A miracle of sorts has happened (Thank You God for answering my prayers!) and Peter and I have the finances to get through our Honeymoon. I am so grateful for this miracle.. which is really nothing less than a Miracle… a Gift. I’m still spinning of sorts.. have my moments of melancholy.. and feeling betrayed.. but I am trying with all my strength to be in the HERE… NOW. To move forward from TODAY.. not react from the effect of yesterday. I am seeing this weekend as a purging.. shedding the old and really focusing on what’s to come.. Because there are a LOT of awesome things on the Horizon.

To my love Peter.. it’s been stressful to say the least. But I”m sure your not surprised.. he’s been amazing. He handles things differently than I.. as I live in my emotional world.. and so we have been facing the what is on a different plane.. but are able to come together in a middle ground and talk about our feelings.. Which I am grateful for. Peter has been down this road with me MANY times, of unemployment.. and I’m sure it feels scary a bit. But this time it’s different. It feels different.

Okay my wonderful people… I will end and say Check out our Photos from our Wedding “Shower”/BBQ this past weekend.. It was very fun although it did take me 3 margaritas to really loosen up (and I did). Surrounded by our family and WONDERFUL FRIENDS. Got some awesome Gifts (YOU DID NOT HAVE TO DO THAT!!!) And enjoyed ourselves into the wee early hours.

Have a great weekend.
Much Love,
Kerilyn