Burnscat

So everyone (it seems) has a blog these days. Amazing blogs! Blogs about publishing a book, cooking in your first year of marriage, even dealing with the death of your mother. More amazing is these are just a few of my friend's blogs. My friends are a pretty big deal. I have had a big chunk of them since the days when perms and tight rolling jeans (come on you know you did it) were cool. My other chunk of friends I have met via college, teaching, and through my kid's activities. So when I finally got the bug to start my own blog I had thoughts of travel, my children, or my current town being my topic. But each of these topics have the common thread of my friends. Friends that have impacted my opinions, shared my first loves, and know the core me.
So why not start at the very beginning? One of my oldest and dearest friends is affectionately known Buns, Burnscat, or Burnz. I have know this woman (and now wife, professional, and soon to be matron of honor in her sister's wedding) since sharing a locker room with her after swim practice at the age of eight. And since that time (22 years ago) she has taught me immeasurable life lessons. Putting in contact lessons does tack on ten extra minutes of your getting ready time. All things can be put in top ten lists. Knowing where you are at in relation to prisons is important. Be organized. This last one has stuck with me.
In high school Buns would swat my hand away if I would start to draw on her notebook. Her handwriting is perfection and on certain days I try and mimic it in hopes of getting the roundness of her letters in my own writing.
Unfortunately I don't get to see Burnz daily, but when I make a grocery list I categorize by different sections of the store, and when I started to read my magazine in the quiet hours of this morning I carefully folded the page to get a better look at it.
Being organized doesn't come natural to me, but as a stay home mother of two for me it is essential. Thank God that Burnscat came into my life 22 short years ago to teach me the perfect way to make a list, write with ease, and give me a little direction.