sarah's virtual birthday card

so after my very touching virtual birthday card to whitney, (she reminded me tonight that she has yet to get an actual card!), my friend sarah reminded me that her birthday was coming up soon and considering she's one of like 6 people who read my blog, i decided to give her a virtual card as well!

sarah sarah sarah...where do i begin? :) sarah and i moved next door to each other in 4th grade and soon became best of friends while we swam in the creek, started a new school, built countless "projects," and founded even more "businesses" and "clubs!" soon enough, there were 4 of us that became a little group...me, sarah, jenni and rachel. i've known jenni and rachel since we were itty bitty babies in church and sarah fit right in! i call them my "grown up friends" because i've always known we'd be friends forever even if we didn't get to see each other very much (we actually all live in the same state now - first time since we graduated high school). we've always made plans to see each other when everyone was home for holidays and our shopping trips to the mall (when our parents dropped us off) have now turned into christmas dinners in each of our own homes.

here we all are at sarah's wedding...she was the first of us to get married! (rachel's on the left...jenni's on the right)

and here's a very very typical picture of sarah and me. we always have a habit of reverting back to 4th grade when we get together!

sarah has always been a wonderful friend and i know we will be friends forever. even if for some reason i don't see her...i have a nice little scar on my wrist i got at her house so i really will remember her forever!!! she's come a long way from her pink sweatpants and yellow sweatshirt days of 6th grade and is now a wonderful advisor at mtsu and grows a mighty fine little garden in her backyard! that's something i'm very impressed by because i can barely keep a fake plant alive! so...to sarah...happy happy birthday! don't forget you'll always be the oldest too!!!!! :) 

my virtual birthday card

so my very best friend in the whole wide world's birthday is TODAY! i've been a terrible friend this week and have yet to make it out to get her a birthday card or present...so i decided i would at least wish her a happy birthday on my little blog. :)

i already wrote about why i love whit so i'm not real sure what to say. whitney's mom wrote about the day they met (when she was born, of course) so i think i'll write about when i met whit!

the first thing i remember about whitney is when i was in charge of the pledges of my sorority. at our pledge meeting i remember a cute little bubbly pledge coming to tell me she was driving home after pledge retreat to celebrate her year anniversary with her boyfriend. then at actual pledge retreat, i remember we just clicked and sat and talked about nothing for a while. at the time i had no idea i had met my best friend or what kinds of ups and downs we would go through together for the next 5 years.

since that first day, not much has changed. whitney is still one of the most cute, bubbly people i know and she's still, if not more, completely committed to her friends and family. my two favorite things about whit is that she loves me unconditionally (and i put her to that test alot!) and is really a disney princess at heart! seriously...ask her. she'll tell you that one herself :) she's the easiest person to buy for EVER. if it's pink or sparkly or a dress, she's happy! so why i haven't gotten around to getting her a present is beyond me but hopefully this blog will tie her over until i get her something pink and sparkly :)

i love you best friend and HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!