there's beauty in the break down....

i picked up my college girl this weekend. Good know that there are constants in my life.

everything is weird.

But on Friday i went to get my girl. I hugged her after two months, and she looked older. She showed me her dorm and her roommates and friends and her campus. I pictured her with coffee in hand, walking to class, listening to music while growing up into who she's becoming.

The only silence in the car was when we took music breaks to sing to Adele and Katy perry and Taylor.

our old stand bys. Friends who never change, and with each song, we talked more about what is happening, and what has happened.

And we laughed. and it was beautiful.

We made a pit stop in Eau Claire. Beautiful Eau Claire and I showed her around my old college campus. And she pictured 18 year old me discovering this big world in between novels and sips of coffee and lesson plans.

There is something cool about seeing places your people love and seeing it through their eyes. Hearing them talk about why they love something, sharing in that excitement, it's fun and memorable, and never a waste of time.

And we drove home taking in OUR Season. So many full circle moments. It was beautiful.

And today, we had breakfast, the three of us, and we all caught up and laughed about how dumb the dogs are. Then, we drove to st. Paul and she told me everything that she had realized in the last 7 weeks and we talked about her mom, and God and how we are just the strangest little duo but we're thankful for how rare and weird and special we are.

And picking her up is something i always do. She is my girl and i think we both needed to see how true that still is.

This it's birthday week, and I'm not even feeling it a little, which is ridiculous because i love justifying things that are ridiculous with "whatever, it's birthday week"

last year on my 28th birthday, I ate pizza and went to a movie with Sam and Julia and i loved everything about it. I ate really great food with the people i loved and we laughed a lot.

and that's all i ever want to happen.

Whatever happens this week, I'm super thankful that i got to spend the weekend with my Ju like I did. I needed it as much as she did.