Dear Kathryn

So for those of you who don't know... If anyone reads this, haha. Kathryn flew to Washington DC recently for some cultural training or whatever before she moves to Germany. Unless I misheard that. But I'm not very proficient at goodbye's. I also failed to give a speech at her birthday party, which I had meant to do. Also... with everyone wondering if we're an item... it would be good to clarify how I feel about her I guess.

I guess I should start with... We are not courting, haha. No but on to seriousness.

Kathryn is one of those people that I wish I had met sooner. We met in our AP English class senior year. But we didn't really talk to each other for half the year. However, she was one of the very few people who actually stated her opinion in that class.

We were fast friends and really got to talk when we both went to the same art show alone. We awkwardly gravitated to each other and took (as I remember it) two or three rounds about the artwork. Talking most the entire time. After striking up a conversation, the art really became secondary. I don't quite remember what we talked about until the subject of Christ and the Bible came up. (This was near the end of a period of time when I was very detached from Christ and living quite on my own will) We talked for the next hour or so about how much similarly we viewed Christianity and the Bible.

The topic of God has since been quite the bonding point between us. Oh, and the constant jokes about our soulmate-ism. (I don't think she knows this but I was seriously encouraged by friends to date her) We are quite alike. Both of us hate being emotional and loathe crying. We see things in similar ways. Yet the most striking thing is how often in our pasts our personalities and experiences have matched up and developed.

We also had more than a few bonding moments when we worked together on the biggest project of our senior year. Our partner essay about a poet. Unfortunately, seeing things in a similar light also brought us both to find little merit in the poetry of William Wordsworth. I still wish we had chosen Thomas Hardy, whom I love. But anyway, there were a few sleepless nights brought on by our routine of taking three hour conversation breaks after every hour of work. (I also had my first experience with sleep-talking) We wrote the paper in two days and scored a B. Totally worth it.

Our love of music has also played a role in our friendship. It's hard to find someone who says they love music and actually goes out and looks for it. Of course, it's also a stumbling block and idol for both of us.

All in all, God has been the greatest factor in bringing us together. And how glad I am at the whims of God's good pleasure. It has been a very encouraging relationship in possessing similar emotional tendencies and viewpoints. I have also been encouraged to never fear expressing an opinion. I've also strived toward being able to humble myself always.

I guess my main point is that I am so happy we met. And I believe she is one of the few people that I'll really keep in contact with. Not that I don't have other friends... it just really seems that way... since NO ONE IS JOINING OUR BLOG. But yeah, I really wish we could have met sooner. I'll miss her. There. I admitted it. Done.

-Edmund

PS: I'll mail you your book and send you a letter and whatever if you give me your adress Kathryn. Oh yeah, and blog about DC.