Marie

I remember you calling hello from the bottom of my stairs and then coming up. I was huddled in a chair in the corner looking like a disaster feeding my new baby. We had never met before. You perched on the arm of my couch and started chatting like we had been friends forever. I felt like my soul stopped shrinking away. You made me feel like I could be myself right away. You had that way about you and I could not have asked for more. I had prayed and prayed for you to come ~ for literally years ~ and there you were! On the arm of my couch. It seemed so random and the more we talked we had so much in common. Our engagement rings are the same!!! We know so many of the same people, we worked at the same place, and yet through all these years we never met. Thank you for being you Marie. I admire you so much. You casually make Kambucha or pickles like its no big deal. You whip up things from scratch I have never DREAMED of attempting. Your children have such confidence. You are really awesome at being you. So ~ my dear friend ~ thank you for coming back to Chilliwack and for choosing Cascade Christian school, and for coming over that day and sitting on the arm of my couch. Thank you for treating me like I was normal when I must have looked half crazed and for letting me just be me. You have blessed me and imparted confidence to me this year and I needed that so much. You are a gift SUCH a gift! Love you XO