It is kinda funny
how some people come into your life and it as if they have always been there. They were truly meat to be apart of your life. It is as if your whole life you have been preparing for the moment that the two lives crash together and just kinda slip together as if it was natural. I was just thinking back on a few of my very best friends and even though I know when I became friends with them, it is as if they have always been there and I honestly could not imagine them not being in my life as weird and crazy and all over the place as they can be, I would not trade them in for the world. They make me who I am. We are apart of each other now.
In one of my classes this past year I had to do this thing that told us what our strengths were. It was interesting how dead on the results came out to be. I then spent the rest of the year exploring my strengths and understanding how to use them. One of my strengths was with relationships and how I have very small group of friends, but I work hard at each relationship and focus on that person as an individual rather than having a whole bunch of friends that I only sort of know. I love this about myself because I realized I need that human contact, that intimacy of really knowing someone and having people in my life that I can go to and talk to for different reasons. It is just crazy how much we can learn about ourselves if we just take the time to do it. I really wish everyone at least once in their life time has an experience that really gets them to a self realization about who they are and what they can do with all the potential that is bottled up inside of themselves.
23:40
5-17-12
I get jealous.
And I hate that. Why do I get so jealous? I trust you, I know that you care and love me and would not hurt me and yet I get jealous. I hate that she is with you when I am not. I don’t understand where this jealousy comes from and it sucks.
13:09
5-16-12
I miss you.
I mean I know you will be back and I am not saying this to make you feel bad because you are having a fantastic time, but I realized that I get lonely without you. Which also makes me realize how much you miss me when I go on vacation. It also shows that I could spend every moment with you and not get board. It makes me happy to be around you and talk to you and just be us. However, I think they have it wrong when saying absence makes the heart grow fonder. It is more like, you appreciate more when there is absence. I guess that is like saying you do not know what you have until you lose it, but I did not lose you so I don’t like that saying. Anyways, I just miss you. You are my best friend.
23:39
5-15-12
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It is funny
that we are best friends,
and your girlfriend pretty
much has disliked me for a very long time
and I laugh when I see the tie I bought for you
in the picture of the formal that you took her to.
It is really funny because I bet if she knew she would
start a fight with you even though we are only best friends.
17:07
4-15-12
Her name is Katie Kirkpatrick, 21 yrs old. Next to her is her fiancé, Nick, 23. (Pic1)
This picture was taken prior to their wedding January 11th, 2005.
Katie has terminal cancer and spends hours in chemotherapy.
Here Nick awaits while she finishes one of the sessions…(Pic2)
Even in pain and dealing with her organs shutting down, with the help of morphine,
Katie took care of every single part of the wedding planning.
Her dress had to be adjusted several times due to Katie ‘s constant weight loss. (Pic3)
An expected guest was her oxygen tank. Katie had to use it during the ceremony and reception.
The other couple in this picture is Nick’s parents, very emotional with the wedding and to see their
son marrying the girl he fell in love when he was an adolescent. (Pic4)
Katie , in a wheel chair listening to her husband and friends singing to her. (Pic5)
In the middle of the party, Katie had to rest for a bit and catch her breath.
The pain does not allow her to stand for long period of time. (Pic6)
Katie died 5 days after her wedding. To see a fragile woman dress as bride with a beautiful smile
makes you think… happiness is always there within reach, no matter how long it lasts…..
lets enjoy life and don’t live a complicated life. Life is too short.
Work as if it was your first day.
Forgive as soon as possible.
Love without boundaries…
Laugh without control
and never stop smiling.
Please pray for those suffering from cancer.
We all have close to our heart.
Keep this going.
Prayers are always answered.
Life is too short to argue and desperate.
10:49
2-9-12
laureljaycarpenter:
These are the first iphone images collected from SHELTER performed yesterday by longva+carpenter. More official photos to come from our staff photographer!
20:09
1-21-12
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