Saturday, August 27, 2011

on saying goodbye

i took a little road trip this weekend with my parents to drop kennedy off at college. we drove through herds of buffalo, deer, and a few grizzly bears to get to wyoming where she'll be playing basketball for the next couple of years.

it still makes me cry that she's living 8 hours away. gosh i'll miss the convenience of having her close! thankfully she plays a few games in UT and we have christmas to look forward to. i just have to keep reminding myself that november is not THAT far away.

i'm so proud of my little sister for chasing her dreams, for not taking the easy way out by going to school where it would be more convenient or easy. she set her mind to playing basketball and getting her schooling paid for and she made it happen. she reminds me that i should be more quick to do what i love rather than what's easy.

she left me a list of rules about borrowing the clothes she left in her closet. i really only have one rule for her: STAY AWAY from those wyoming cowboys unless they plan on making utah home.






4 comments:

Annika said...

i canNOT believe kennedy is off to college! how fun you got to go drop her off. she's gonna love it, and i think she's really brave to move so far from home!

Camilla said...

What beautiful sisters! How amazing for Kennedy. I can't believe she's that old either! I remember when she was born!

Kennedy Allen said...

Thanks for coming. I love and miss you. At least we took that picture before we started balling. PS. I like the picture of Richard(: love you.

Trimbles said...

Oh Car. I miss you. Im so glad you're back online. Tell Kennedy that those Wyoming cowboys are the real deal and dang, yes, she should bring one home! Ye-haaa!!! :) HAHA. Im doing ok. I got your txt. It was a scary few days and it made me more alert. We are ok though. Things are getting better every day. More settled, better friendships. I dont feel quite so alone. Friend shopping is like clothes shopping... you just keep trying them on until one fits perfectly. Im glad your blog is back up.