Kate and I met each other in 1st grade.We got into a fair amount of trouble together in high schoo
Kate and I met each other in 1st grade. We got into a fair amount of trouble together in high school, and then moved onto making more memories during our college years in Ames, Iowa. While having a family and becoming a nurse practitioner, she has managed to carve out girl weekends away and many reunions back home in our fair town of Marcus, IA. I have always felt lucky to be her friend, to benefit from her hard earned free time, engage with her intelligence, and marvel at her balancing act of loving wife, hands on mother, and career success. Last weekend we drank wine in Sonoma, hiked Muir Woods and rode a tandem bike around San Fran and across Golden Gate Bridge (not easy my friends, without a determined blonde in front). A well deserved vacation for Kate, and some much appreciated and needed friend time for me. Also, some very good prepping for hosting my family of 12 in SF in two weeks. Thanks, Kate, for making the time to make some more memories. -- source link