Mississippi Mama

Brad and I have lived in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for about 2 1/2 years now. We moved here for Brad to get his PhD in polymer science at the University of Southern Mississippi. While we miss living in Texas, we were fortunate enough to be able to move to a town that I had lived in before when I was younger, and I have friends and family that live here as well. My family and I moved to Hattiesburg when I was in the first grade. When we did I met my precious friend, Elizabeth. We then moved from Hattiesburg to Houston when I was in the third grade but Elizabeth and I have remained best friends ever since. It did not matter how long we went without seeing each other, because whenever we did get back together we picked up right where we left off. When Brad found out that he was accepted into the graduate program at Southern Miss, I was so excited to once again be near my best friend! Elizabeth and her husband also have one daughter, named Ava, who is 18 months old. Since I have had Harley and become a stay at home Mom, Elizabeth and I have gotten to spend a lot of precious time together. Every Tuesday and Thursday we take Ava and Harley on a walk at the church, and every Wednesday we attend a women's Bible study together. I am so ready to move back to Texas and be closer to my parents and in laws, but I will miss being able to spend all of this quality time with my best friend.

Here is a picture of Ava and Harley together at the beach...I hope that they will be as good of friends as Elizabeth and I are.