it's my long lost friend kelly's turn

so today i am thankful for my friend kelly.  kelly and i actually met because of my best friend lindsey (who went to carolina for two years), they had a class together.  i know God knew what he was doing when he put kelly in my life, as she was one of the very few Christian influences in my life in college.  seriously, at a time when i didn't think the church thing was that cool, she was one of my best friends in college and we would get out of bed on sundays and go to Chapel Hill Bible Church or go to crusade sometimes:)  i am so thankful for the fact that she had a positive influence in my life in college:)  kelly met her husband, matt, while we were in college, and i just think he is such a great guy.  i remember being their biggest cheerleader!!!  i was fortunate enough to get to be in their wedding a few years after we graduated!  kelly and matt now live in decatur, ga which isn't that close, but not too far.  we try to stay in touch by phone, but goodness we have not been doing so good lately.  the times when we do talk though it seems as if we haven't missed a beat.  she genuinely cares about what is going on in my life, her and her husband are very active in their church in atanta (so we talk about that), her sister lives here and i have babysat for her - so i rub it in when i get to see kelly's nephew (now she has a niece too), and i cherish the time we get to catch up.  kelly doesn't know this yet, but i just took a site in atlanta for my job, so that i could spend more time with her and get to catch up with her in person.  i can't wait to see her more often.  i miss her more than she knows.  she is such a great friend to me, and i don't think i tell her that often enough.  i am pretty sure i wouldn't have survived lindsey leaving UNC had it not been for kelly.  even though we are miles away from each other and life is busy, so we don't talk as often as i would like, i love you and am so thankful for our friendship!