October 4, 2021
Emma
I'm not one for flattery.
I really am not in the habit of saying things I don't mean. So you can know that the following is very genuine.
I'm not quite sure where Emma came from. God just sort of seemed to land us in each other's lap when we needed the other. Like, I've known her since high school. We went to prom together. I took her Senior photos (back when I had no business doing so haha!! But we all start somewhere :) ). Yet nothing special really came from it.
Until recently. Obviously.
Early this summer I hit her up to go to a mega-church young adults group with me and she agreed. We hit the ground running, friendship zero to sixty in that car. She was there smiling as I found an insane burst of total peace and bravery and stood up there, mic in hand sharing my testimony with two-hundred some-odd peers. And she was there on the ride home pouring out her heart. I had found my match in someone deep, open and genuine and it was honestly a little exhausting how crazy-deep we dove haha! I'd never had someone meet me head-on like that, we talked for hours sitting in my car in the driveway in the dark. About all the things. All the hard life lessons and thoughts and emotions and God throughout all of it. It was two people giving from their well and filling up the other's.
Here's the crazy part.
She pursued me.
We all want to be wanted. And how amazing does it feel when you put effort into a relationship and it is completely returned? This lovely, outgoing, amazing human being decided to be my friend. And so now she gets all my dumb texts about mosquitos and dance moves and basically every song I write. In return I get five minute play-by-plays of her day via voice memo (that I ADORE). It's pre-work prayers and gushing and late night convos and all the random joys and annoyances between. It's trying on gowns at Macy's and folding laundry on the bedroom floor. All the sweet moments that make life.
Anyway. We have a lot of fun these days.
And also not. She's the one that checked up on me when life wasn't so fun. In fact, I had just come face-to-face with the deepest wound in my life as Jesus lovingly worked on the callous. And it hurt. And she showed up at my door with coffee and flowers and let me sit in silence by the river trying not to cry as my world had it's aftershock. She just sat with me, every inch of her heart and actions screaming, "I care." And that is more valuable than anything I know.
She's beautiful. Her heart matches it. Her willingness to grow. Her laughter. She takes me as I come, because sometimes I'm a total extrovert and sometimes I'm simply quiet and soak it in. We're growing together and it is so incredibly good. They say you can't make new old friends. I'd say we're well on our way. It's all very new - new seasons, new people... I'm excited to watch it age. Live it.
So let me introduce you to my new good friend, Emma. And here's to all that is to come.
And lastly I'm going to make a plug for her business. This girl!!!! Dang!! She is an amazing hair stylist (services include cuts, highlights, wedding stylist, all the things) that I personally use and 10/10 recommend. My hair has never ever been healthier. And good hair days make good days period, am I right or am I right? Check out her work and book with her here or her instagram.
Below is an un-altered side-by-side of my hair (it's never altered by the way haha I like to keep it real). The left is about a month ago, bleached by the sun and dry. The right is a few nights ago, after implementing the conditioner she gave me and a fresh cut. It's softer, smoother and "has more life". I used to say my hair hated me because no matter how I cared for it, all the heat I didn't use and ponytails I avoided, it broke and split. When maybe I just needed to start going to someone who cared - this is literally her heart and passion - and knew how to work with me individually. She didn't say, "Yep, that's just you," and cycle me through. She was like, "How can we make this better for you?" All that to say she is my friend and awesome and if you go to her you'll feel like you've made a new friend, too.
Lastly, I'm loving the cloudy day pics we got. Mid-day. Beautiful contrast. More of a moody vibe than usual but with this fall weather I'm really liking it.
Love, Sarah
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