sister-friend~*

i have to be honest...i have been putting this post off...it was inevitible that i would be writing about my katy~*...but words seem so inadequate or maybe i simply lack the skills to express with words just what her friendship means to me...

katy~* would i agree, i think, that she's really the one who pursued friendship with me...i was quite busy at the time we met and didn't have a lot of free time...there was a bit of an age difference with us, which added to the fact that while i thought she was great, i didn't really seek her out...

over the years i have come to appreciate that she listened to her gut and kept inviting me to be a part of her life, because she has become one of the dearest, most precious friends in my life...one who understands me better than most anyone else...who gets me at my core, which is not easy to do, because i, to my discredit, am a very guarded person, to the point people think i don't care about them at all, at times...but...this isn't about me...

my loverly friend is an artist, who has pursued various forms of art, but who is a brilliant photographer, among oh so many other things...she has been diligent to learn her craft, to explore this art form and to find her "voice" in it...to find her vision...i am always amazed (and more than a little jealous) everytime i see something new...her creativity and inventiveness know no bounds...

katy~* is a risk-taker...she will put herself out there and try whatever she has in her heart to try...i say in her heart, because she is not impulsive in her decisions...and she thinks and prays about what she will take on...but whatever she does she does well and with abandon...and i love to see her pour herself into life...

her faith is so very important to her and she has such a tender and sincere heart...she's a pure soul and that cannot be said of many people...i've seen her reach out to those on the fringe...to those others might overlook and help them find their light, because hers shines so brightly...she prays and studies and grows and has a great depth to her life as a result...

i have watched her grow through the years into a beautiful, wise, gracious, fabulous woman...someone i admire...someone i am so grateful to have in my life...she lives her life with intentionality...she is real...she is amazing...

there are so many lists i could make...of her achievements, of her talents, of her wonderful qualities...but it is best, i think, to say that katy~*, my dearest sister-friend~* is a beautiful soul of whom the world is not worthy...

loveyoueversomuch...thank you for sharing your light...