pure.

kerrilycatherine{gresham}

 

the story: kerrily and family moved to montgomery the summer after my sophomore year of high school. she joined my church and roomed with me at camp. the first time i met her i knew she was no typical teenager. we clicked pretty immediately, and we've been kindred spirits ever since.

your {soundtrack}: "on the sunny side of the street" by louis armstrong, "c.s. lewis song" and "shadowfeet" by brooke fraser, "everything is magic" by angels and airwaves, "crush" by david archuletta, "my girl" by the temptations.

your {rough draft}: any of c.s. lewis's and mark twain's writings, the wooster and jeeves series, the hitchiker's guide to the galaxy series, irish fairytales... and hundreds of other books.

your {shade}: purple! because the best sunsets always have purple in them.

your {inspiration}: to be old someday and have lived a wonderful, thrilling, important life.

words to {live} by: what does the Lord require of you? to act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. {micah 6:8}

for we are not long here. out time is but a breath, so we'd better breathe it. {brooke fraser}

to be a christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. {c.s. lewis}

you {love}: quirky people (such as alex wolf), sunshine, toddlers, taking the perfect picture, scarves, people-watching, nursing, LIFE.

you {hate}: that awkward moment after all the small talk is done when you can't decide if it's appropriate to ask: "how are you doing, for real?"

you {believe} in: God's ability to bring good from situations that i've royally messed up.

your {escape}: running, dreaming, singing.

your {origins}: nowhere, honestly. i love it because i have nothing holding me to any particular place but people, and people can travel.

your {fondest} memory: my entire childhood all over the place. i adore my family, and how my parents raised us.

your biggest {challenge}: recently, making time for anything other than school.

you {wish} you could meet: p.g. whodehouse, douglas adams, celtic woman, groucho marx.

you want to {be}: amy carmichael. and look like katherine heigl. 

your {wildest} dream: to build/run an orphanage in a third world country.

your {pet peeves}: when people argue just for kicks.

your last {purchase}: phineas and ferb soundtrack.

your {location}: college... majoring in nursing.

your {childhood ambition}: to be a physical therapist overseas. and to be taller than my mom.

your most {embarrassing} moment: i was 13 and buying a train ticket and the machine decided to break on me and out gushed three euros worth of ten-cent coins, spilling out onto the floor, going everywhere. then i had to pick them all up and try again. the people in line behind me hated my guts for those three minutes.

{surprise} us: i really, really hate icing/frosting. nasty.

{describe} yourself: focused.

 

 kerrily, you are a jewel. beautiful, precious, and rare. you are an old soul, and you share your wisdom so freely. you are compassionate, level-headed, mature, joyful, genuine and you teach me something new every time we talk. your will life will save so many people. keep sparkling, you gem. 

you are {delightful}.

little blessed one.

cameronbennett{gray}

credit: allye durr

 

 

 

the story: cameron and i share lots of mutual friends at school. i'm not sure exactly when we met, but we have shared many a breakfast together since. cameron founded a celebratory society called freedom fridays, and i am honored to be a member. he is one of samford's cooler inhabitants.

your {soundtrack}: this is hard because it changes all the time, but... "c-minor" by mewithoutyou, "the funeral" by band of horses, "time to pretend" by mgmt, "who knows, who cares" by local natives, "manhattan" by kings of leon, "amazing because it is" by the almost, "i'm safer on an airplane" by copeland, "little secrets" by passion pit. there's just too many.

your {script}: fight club, lonesome dove, v for vendetta, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, blow, wedding crashers, ferris bueller's day off.

  

your {rough draft}: the giving tree by shel silverstein, survivor by chuck palahniuk, a million miles in a thousand years by donald miller, the reader by bernhard schlink, lonesome dove by larry mcmurty, the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald, the road by cormac mccarthy.

 

your {shade}: green because i love being outside.

your {inspiration}: music, nature, airports, road trips, unconditional love.

words to {live} by: whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. {1 john 4:8}

don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity. {1 timothy 4:12}

pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world. {c.s. lewis}

consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. {oscar wilde}

face the facts of being who you are, for that is what changers what you are. {soren kierkegaard}

don't forget to love yourself. {soren kierkegaard}

you {love}: bicycles, guitars, traveling, reading and writing, art, architecture. i love people even though i don't always act like it. i love creation. i love Jesus. i love love.

your {escape}: playing guitar and writing songs.

 

your {origins}: atlanta, georgia. hip-hop capital of the world!!! but seriously, it's a big city with plenty of diversity and culture, but still some southern charm. there's so much to do, and there's always new venues, restaurants, and shops to be found. not to mention, the music scene is PHENOMENAL.

your {fondest} memory: probably anytime i went to my grandparents' house in louisiana as a kid. four wheelers, bb guns, cousins, plenty of land to run around on, and my grandpa giving me coffee if i woke up early enough.

your biggest {challenge}: accepting everyone for who they are. i've gotten better at it.

you {wish} you could meet: jack white, freedy mercury, john f. kennedy, robert kennedy, abraham lincoln, john lennon, zooey deschanel, king david.

your {proudest} moment: i guess being the captain of my high school's first winning soccer team in history. we had a winning season, and we won our last game at home. i was proud of the team most of all. they worked hard for years to get there. it should be a disney movie. 

or the time keighlee mcaslin told me i look like jude law. 

you want to {be}: myself.

your {wildest} dream: being a touring musician and having a farm in franklin, tennessee, to call home. or to be a cowboy. or to be a chef and have a show in the travel channel like anthony bourdain. i have lots of wild dreams.

your {pet peeves}: when people complain about things, but don't do anything to change them.

your {site}: http://cbgp-and-d.tumblr.com/

your {location}: samford univeristy, but currently home for christmas!!!

your {childhood ambition}: to be a rock star. some things never change.

{surprise} us: SURPRISE!

{descibe} yourself: intentional. 

 

cameron, you recently told me that you tried to live your life according to the idea that God is love. i think you are accomplishing that goal every single day because you have treated me, as well as everyone else you encounter, with love. you are joyful and inquisitive and winsome. but best of all, you look like Jesus. can't tell you how blessed i feel to know you. keep being free, wonderful boy.

 

you are {delightful}.

 

beautiful woman.

carolineemma{mortensen}

the story: i was helping my friend olivia do a last-minute facebook search for roommates this summer. we messaged a few prospective girls, including caroline, about rooming with olivia. caroline and olivia ended up rooming together (and living happily ever after). caroline thinks we met on move-in day in august. but she doesn't know that i wrote the first facebook message for olivia... 

your {soundtrack}: "the wind" by cat stevens, "lullaby+exile" by m. ward, "river" by joni mitchell, "who loves the sun" by the velvet underground, "a rose for emily" by the zombies, and any tune uttered from the lips of bob dylan.

your {script}: chaplin, lars and the real girl, an education, almost famous, pride and prejudice, the darjeeling limited, moon.

 your {rough draft}: franny and zooey  by j.d. salinger, the picture of dorian gray and the importance of being earnest by oscar wilde, jane eyre by charlotte bronte, the sun also rises by ernest hemingway.

your {shade}: any shade of blue. a lot of my clothes are blue, the sky is blue, the ocean is blue. why not blue?

your {inspiration}: watching clouds, reading, listening to joni mitchell, walking around and taking in my surroundings, visiting new places.

words to {live} by: always be kind and true and try to smell the good. {m. lee toothman,  my grandfather}

keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flows the springs of life. {proverbs 4:23}

you {love}: walking barefoot, going on bike rides, sleeping during thunderstorms, the smell of thrift stores, vintage bicycles, plastic cameras, coffee shops.

you {hate}: miley cyrus, wearing pants (i just prefer to wear skirts or dresses), and when people try to control other peoples' lives.

your {escape}: taking a long, hot shower and reading f. scott fitzgerald short stories in sweat pants.

your {origins}: tampa, florida. i love it because i am very close to the beach and the weather is splendid.

your {fondest} memory: it was my sixth or seventh birthday, and my parents took me to tweetsie railroad in boone, north carolina. i got to ride a train, i sat on a plastic horse, rode a ferris wheel, bought a tomahawk, and ate a chocolate puppy.

your biggest {challenge}: daydreaming. i get distracted very easily. also, spelling.

you {wish} you could meet: BOB DYLAN, oscar wilde, napoleon bonaparte, and matthew ward.

your {proudest} moment: on the first day of drawing class when we had to draw a chair with a sheet draped over it, and when class was finished what i drew looked like a chair with a sheet draped over it.

you want to {be}: a combination of phoebe buffay, summer flinn, and kristen wiig.

 

your {wildest} dream: to travel to india and soak in the culture and take a lot of pictures.

your {pet peeves}: when people make too much noise when they eat (i will tell you this), and when people have nasty fingernails.

your last {purchase}: bonsai tree from a roadside stand in way north florida (christmas gift for my brother).

your {location}: i am in college at samford university.

typical.

your {childhood ambition}: to be a cartoonist.

your most {embarrassing} moment: i have way too many to even think of one. but once a girl on my hall did walk in on me in the bathroom making funny and weird faces in the mirror.

{surprise} us: i can't step on cracks in the sidewalk. if i do i have to stop on a similar looking crack in the same manor with opposite foot.

{describe} yourself: comical.

caroline, you are a rainbow. you have so many incredible facets to your soul -- hysterical, creative, sensitive, smart, sarcastic, stylish -- but they all come together to form one insanely vivid person. you are dauntless when it comes to being yourself, even when that means doing the robot in the middle of drawing class. thank you for providing constant entertainment and sweet friendship. i'm so glad you messaged us back. keep popping and locking, brilliant girl.

you are {delightful}.