Dream Weaver

Hello readers. I have missed you.

Sometimes writing for the blog is intimidating because Erin’s beauty and eloquent words are overshadowing. Once she told me, "If it's not worth blogging about, don't do it." But today I am brave. I am woman. (<--- That's for you, Cat). 

This is a shout out to my girls. Erin has written many a kind word about me, but let me tell you: she is a survivor. Once Virginia (formerly known as Geny Kate Gurley), Cat & I were discussing which Hogwarts house we would represent. (If you don’t know what I’m referencing, quickly minimize this tab, read all seven Harrys, watch all eight movies, and re-open the tab).  Erin is the only one who hasn’t read Harry, so naturally I was going to make her Hufflepuff so that I could assume the position of Gryffindor. Cat & Geny Kate would NOT have it. Even though Erin thinks that Harry Potter is a murder mystery, she is Gryffindor to the bone. Erin is the most loyal friend you will ever have. There is no extremity that she will not go to (I write this as she drives to Kroger through a tornado watch to bring my Brussels sprouts... Cat if you're reading this, it's too late. The house already smells).

One time I ran a 5k and most of a half marathon (that’s a different story for another time) and beforehand Erin gave me a basket of everything I could need. Every morning when I wake up, despite my efforts to hold him back, Padfoot sprints into Erin’s room, bursts open the door, and burrows in her bed. Erin has never complained, and the one time she was annoyed with him she said, “Oh, but I love you buddy.” When Cat was craving a cherry pie (which is every day), she opened up the freezer and saw one there. Last week after I took a shower, Erin was in my room and wouldn’t let me in. She said, “Don’t come in, you’re naked.” When I still tried to come in, she said, “We’re ALL naked.” Once I was allowed into my own room, I saw she helped Padfoot decorate my wall!

Do not sit next to Erin in Church unless you want to be looked down upon for laughing.  (But don’t worry, if you don’t laugh at Erin’s jokes she won’t notice- she’s too preoccupied laughing at them herself).  Her sympathy is so deep that last week when Padfoot was sick she laid in my bed and kept saying, “We’re BOTH sick.” (Unrelated, she also had a 15-page paper due the next day).

There is no craft that Erin cannot make. While Cat and I survive on broccoli and BLTs, Erin will quickly throw together a gourmet lunch. She & Matthew McConaughey share a deep love for Texas (alright, alright, alright). She remembers that only God can judge ya, so forget the haters, Miley. Ellen Degeneres can do no wrong. She got up at 5:30 am to practice basketball because "Michael Jordan didn't sleep through the Final Four." Young Life is her life. Even though Rafiki took his sweet time responding to her two-page letter, she will always live by his example. She will never miss an episode of the Fosters. Her skateboard skills could rival "Tom Honks." She helped my friend Deborah Jones get through a really tough time & is always ready to provide cookie dough when Don is on the rocks. Once she had 5 ice cream cones in one weekend (Only 1.6 per day). No matter how much I bully her (no regrets) or a small black dog jumps on her face, or I decide that NOW (midnight) is the perfect time to vacuum the house, she still lets me sleep in her bed (as long as we can listen to Adventures in Odyssey).“Daring, nerve, and chivalry.” That's some good behavior!