my dear friend lisa and i spent the entire day together – something we rarely did when we lived in the same city! We woke up, spent some time with her 2 adorably expressive little girls, then headed out for an entire day of lisa & kelly F.U.N.
there was breakfast in northwest portland. pedicures at the aveda salon. lunch at Elephant’s Delicatessen. wandering around downtown. there was even some looking through trash magazines (you know, People, US, the guilty pleasures). there were conversations about how much we love being 30-something – about the freedom, security, fearlessness, and youthfulness of it. more conversations about our struggles, the purposes of them. i’ve said this before, but lisa is my friend probably most like myself, which in some ways is so fun and validating at the same time.
here we are getting our pedicures together. lisa got a really gorgeous deep red color, and i chose an obnoxious bright orange. why not?
i am blessed. by the time i fall asleep, i’m ready for art and soul to begin the following day, and i’m feeling full. full of brightness, and of warmth. i really needed this trip.
Kelly,I love it! I am sooo proud of you and blessed by our friendship! Our day together was wonderful and freeing and precious to me. I will draw from our chats, laughter and time together for a very long time. Art fest was wonderful and doing a show-and-tell at the resaurant was so much fun! It was like we were 12 and we just went to the mall for the first time with money of our own to spend:)Only Better!!!! I love you Kelly and I love the journey you are on and the inpriation you provide me on a daily basis to follow dreams and live in the moment! By the way, the art you made in DJs class is sooooo beautiful – It has a magical quality Kelly! Thank you for introducing me to all of your artist friends, I know why they inspire you! They are great!I miss you already!