an amelie’s french bakery kind of friday evening

the quote below reminded me of one of my favorite parts of the evening- while we celebrated the birthday of my dear friend, kate dittman, who i met (in charlotte) on my first day at the middle school that we both teach at, when i looked and thought- i know this person. 
~ when asking where we were from, i had to say ‘a small town about an hour north of dayton, ohio’  (instead of mentioning a one word city like most people) and when she was persistent on the name, i knew one of two things: she was from near there/had relatives in small-town or she has been to the country concert – it turns out that the guy she dated in college was from Botkins – in the same county/so close. and due to my cRaZy memory (i basically remember almost everything that happens in life- there are pros and cons to this!! more on this a little later), but i remembered her and her boyfriend from my very first college party. 
we’ve been friends ever since that summer day in charlotte- 2007. 


*last night we talked about our days at beautiful miami and about how much we absolutely loved those first few years in charlotte- wow. so many amazing memories & lots and lots of FUN. i could probably write a book about those years of my life… now we spend friday evenings at a french bakery- and that’s just as good. 🙂 


… when talking about college she said, “yea, i was looking through my college diaries and i asked myself, ‘why did i write that sh*t down’ … lol. sorry for the language, but this led to some great stories and laughter. hilarious- oh college. love you, kate!