live. laugh. love.

the real story.

little did i know that the red head that lived down the hall from me would mean the world to me.

the day that kendra told me i was gonna be her roommate... i was a little intimidated.

"kip is awesome. how can me... insignificant me... be rooming with Kip?"

but it happened.

i was her roommate when she had her knee surgery...

i was her roommate when she was on oxycodone and locked up in her room all day with no one to talk to. (haha!)

kip watched my fish when i went out of town, and completely forgot about it.

kip and i were the ones who put a spider in tiahs bed.

when i moved back home, kip called me all the time.

and i called her. all the time.

and we became best friends.

and for three years we talked on the phone... with a few visits....

then just after christmas 2009 she packed all her belongings in her little corolla and drove down here for good.

rodeos

birthday parties

weddings

road trips

sketchy abandoned cotton mills

mountains

crazy family

crying days

and happy happy happy days

many hours praying and reading our bibles together

talking

about the weather... [kohls... haha]

about our husbands [or lack of]

about our families

about our hearts

about sin

about loving jesus

about everything.

talking to jesus about everything ...together.

kippany, i love you. thanks for being my best friend.

you are awesome.