we went deep into our hearts and souls...and deep into our stomachs too!

lunch with girls is the best thing ever invented.
wouldn't you agree?
we ate pizza made by a certified italian,
and spilled souls.

are we happy to be getting older?
yes.
we're getting to know our own hearts,
and enjoying the relative wisdom that comes with age.
we're more patient, kinder, courageous, and deliberate.
yet, somehow, gratefully, we are at the same time
still young at heart...
dreaming and doing.

aren't holly jo, mary, and mo
just so cute?!
i could eat them up for sure.

this is sarah and i.
we met our first week of college,
and have been dear friends ever since...
i'm glad she has a heart big enough to hold
onto such a friendship though we have not lived
in the same city for nine years!

we took a little time at the park so i could give
sarah some photo tips...the little that i know!
and, of course, we ended up talking in the car for
about 2 hours!
love these moments.

we talked about the uncomfortable paradoxes
that come from what we believe.
i revealed my sense that i feel deeply that
we are all the same,
and that brings me a great sense of awe.
sarah: a desire to quit apologizing for herself...
something i could definitely improve upon...
confidence and joy in who i am
and what i believe...
loving everyone more deeply and real.

thank you, dear women, for heartful conversations.

xo.

{photos by me and mary, holly, or mo? i can't remember who took the pola of sarah and i...sorry! october 2009}