Sorry for the long absence. My boys and I took a much needed vacation to the Outer Banks last week. We had a wonderful time, and I had the chance to catch up with my first college friend…
When I walked into my suite at the University of Virginia on the first day of first year, I was a little bit worried. You see, my roommate-to-be had sent me the traditional “getting to know you” letter (yes, we wrote real letters then), and she described herself in every way as the complete opposite of me. When I showed up at school- me with my floral comforter, her with her black one; my secret antiperspirant – her crystal deodorant stone; my Birkenstocks – her combat boots… my fears magnified tenfold. Fortunately, in the room next door, there was a similar mis-matched pairing, and Kathy and I found safety in each other. I can remember countless nights standing with her at fraternity parties, trying to force ourselves to enjoy the awful beer and wondering how anyone could actually claim to like the stuff, her teaching me how to drive a stick shift, and then actually letting me take her car occasionally, her teasing me as I went off to my “coke dates” where I would actually study with the guys from my engineering classes – no one ever seemed to believe that that actually happened.
As the years passed, we drifted apart, but recently reconnected on Facebook (have I mentioned how much I love FB?). When she found out that I was going to be in the Outer Banks of North Carolina at the same time that she’d be there with her girls, we set up a photo session at Duck Town Park. It was wonderful to see her again, and her daughters were adorable.
I was thrilled to learn that Kathy is expecting a third addition to their family later this fall. Even though she didn’t think she was far enough along to take real maternity photos, she obliged me with this one. With one obvious exception she hasn’t changed a bit since first year!
Miss L is getting ready to head off to kindergarten this fall, and Kathy wanted to capture some images of her little girl before she started losing teeth… I think this was my last shot of the day. I always love it when I end on such a good note!
Miss M put on quite a performance on a little stage we found at the Duck Town Park. She gave a wonderful rendition of Jingle Bells – I believe this shot was part of the grand finale :)
Kathy and her girls were staying at her parent’s house while on vacation. They came along and were great assistants, and they even got to be in a few shots!
I’m going to end with my two favorites – sitting by the Sound…
Kathy- it was great to see you again and to meet your beautiful girls. I hope it won’t be another 13 years before we see each other again!
{For those who were wondering, I think of each pairing in our suite, my roommate and I actually got along better than any other pair of roommates did… the fact that we didn’t ever try to do anything together probably helped….}
by Kelly
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