deserving

today marks 30 years of existence for my dear friend, shannon.  hard to believe that 12 years ago i met her for the first time at yc.  merely 18 years old and having absolutely no idea what the future holded for us...sappy shannon, bubbly breann, theta psi, intro to ed, running to the library after chapel to check our email, chapel, forgetting to sign in, carrot cake and kittens stuck in trees, open drawers, randy-dustin-eddie, cloud, free long distance, princess bride, ketchup on the wall, best phone calls ever made from ia to ks, butterflies and heartaches, pete the pony, matching tattoos, tin can and mcaffrey, sharky and the little groovebox, mixed cds, trips to manhattan, looking for apartments, boys with girl names, the spoon, annika, life changing accident, 9-11, hard to deal with deaths, hazel court, kool-aid, super flipidees, moving in together, jimmy whitetrash, strongest woman ever, nights filled with american idol and scrapbooking, nights out on the town, doing each other's hair and wearing each other's clothes, lucy, patty and cc, ear candles, eye care and girl scouts, coolest apartment ever, saved by the bell named guys, softball, sex and the city tanks, worst bloody mary's ever, 6th street, the groove, michael jackson, tutor, kw graduation, baseball games, yummy sugar cookies, sunday lunches in mentor, stupid texas boys, moving out, engagement in june, engagement in july, planning two weddings in november, wamego, maids of honor, divorce, hope, surgery, grad school, almost, cute apartment and gay neighbors, migraines, famous daves lunch, pregnancy, baby shower, feb 29,  philly the elephant, kw games, home sweet home, kansas city, self employed, trip to south carolina, scrapping, quick visits, jimmy john's, grocery store only in daylight, selling first house, move to saint joseph, facebook updates, texts and calls, meeting online friends in real life, rdt, blog reading, design teams...

so here is to the next 30 years...the good times are sweeter and the bad times are easier with you as my friend...i couldn't ask for more.  happy birthday to my best friend, i love you. xoxo