The Love of My Life

(And no it's not my Boaz!!! yet...)

I am SO excited right now!!!! Why?!?! Because as of 6 minutes ago (my time) (maybe longer once I actually get this posted...and don't look at the post time cause it's messed up) and an hour and 6 minutes ago (her time...she's in North Carolina) it officially became October 2nd!!!!!!! My BEST FRIEND in the whole world's BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Y'all...THIS WOMAN...you just have NO IDEA. What a thing the Lord did when He brought us together. If I have an ounce of the Jesus that she does when I die I'll be doing alright. She is the spitting image of an angel, and everything a Godly woman should be.
You may recognize her as the other girl from my profile picture.)May I present to you....

Kathy Jean Cottrell Johnson :)



From my heart to yours: Top 25 reasons why I Love You

1) You were my elementary school music teacher...duh, that's just awesome. :D
2) You taught me how to forgive...and then lived it out yourself.
3) We laugh about things no one else would even care about.
4) Prayer partners, and our "I love you a million..."s
5) Your first ever lunch order at Davenport...over 5 years ago: Subway. Tuna on whole wheat. Plain. Water to drink. Baked Lays. (I still have your stationary paper that you wrote it on.)
6) Talking in the car for hours.
7) When you ask me how I am, I know you really want to know the answer.
8) You are SO stinkin' talented on the piano. SO STINKIN TALENTED.
9) And there might not be a piano-playing Travis Cottrell were it not for your crazy-awesome lesson-teaching skills. Such a sweet big (but younger) sister you are...[I mean, the Lord MIGHT have worked something out for the miracle boy had you not been there...maybe.] ;)
10) You're allergic to dairy, and you ate a cheese pizza last week anyway ;) (even though it made you sick.) ...that's a girl with priorities :D
11) Your heart is THE most precious thing I've ever experienced, and I will commit a homicide on the next person who messes with it. [Or just throw rocks at them];)
12) Your nickname and favorite color are the same word.
13) You taught me how to eat barley powder...and LIKE IT.
14) You always know exactly what scripture to text me, and when.
15) You like to drive the car crazy when we ride together.
16) Late-night emails that make me laugh so hard I'd wake the neighbors.
17) You are twice my age [we'll keep that between us], twice as beautiful, and you make me want to love the Lord twice as hard.
18) We don't even have to explain...we just KNOW.
19) CHOCOLATE...as much as we eat, it just needs it's own number.
20) You have played/sung at a BREATHING man's funeral.
21) You have a tooth-man...and I love him ;)
22) Kathy J. Beth M. Abby H.
23) You've seen my heart at it's ugliest and you love it anyway.
24) WULL..... (oh, what does Webster know anyway)
25) You are my Jesus with skin on.

Happy Birthday Orange!! I love you a million jumps in the parking lot of Wild Oats...