What I'm reading this week

I just started this book but I'm in love with it already. 

 

Or maybe I'm in love with its reminders.

 

Nobody's Cuter than You:

A memoir about the beauty of friendship

by Melanie Shankle

 

"This was the place where I built some of my earliest memories; long summer nights filled with fireflies and kick the can, Fourth of July block parties in the cul-de-sac, walks home from the bus stop after a long day of school, and rides up and down the block on my blue bike with the flowered banana seat while Catherine rode her Green Machine right next to me.

 

But more then that, it was the place where I first learned the joy of having a best girl friend who knows how to make you laugh and shares her favorite books and lets you sleep on the top bunk.  It was in those years when I got my first glimpse of what it means to have a confidante and a conspirator and the emptiness you feel when that person leaves your life."

 

I love everyone of my girl friends. 

 

I love that days, weeks, months, years can pass and when our paths cross, its like nothing has changed.  I love the notes that are left when one hasn't heard from the other in a while.  I love friendships without expectations or requirements.  I love that I can simply be me and be loved.

 

 From the earliest memories to the secret language of understanding to the unbearable heartbreaks and to the newest of friendships that blossom out of nowhere, these girls are a part of my everyday thoughts and, ultimately, my life. 

 

And I'm glad to call them mine. 

It has arrived

I'm not sure where or when it even started, but for well over a year now Bree has been fascinated with the sport of basketball.  She'll play at any neighbors how that will have her.  She'll beg to walk over to the church to play.  She even participated in a basketball camp this past winter. And, of course, whatever Bree is interested in, the other children follow suit. 

 

So as Easter approached and we were given money to spend on our children for the holiday, we thought it only fitting to purchase a basketball hoop for the family. 

 

After three weeks of waiting, the box finally arrived.  The best location was weighed out.  The hole was dug.  And now while we wait for the cement, I better go brush up on 'H.O.R.S.E.' rules.