Happy Birthday Charlotte!

Today is my very good friend Charlotte's birthday. (I think it is today - I know it is sometime this week, and my memory says the 13th, but my memory is somewhat unreliable, so...)

Last October, on my birthday, Charlotte wrote me a birthday poem on her blog. I thought I'd return the favor.

"CHARLOTTE THE GREAT"

As I sit and recall all the good times we've had,
'Can't help but express how especially glad
I am that we met that day so long since past
There at SUSC in our sociology class.

That very first day I knew you were the one
That would be my good friend for the college years to come
As my best friend and roommate, confidant true
I couldn't have asked for a better friend than you.

The great "power wagon" I fondly recall,
The "non-date" with the Brian's - we sure had a ball!
Cheering at ball games playing racquetball too,
Even without Iota, we were sisters true.

With a tape line dividing our room right in half,
We taped rules on the ceiling to bring us a laugh,
One summer on the east coast we were nannies together
Laughing and sharing through all kinds of weather.

As years passed our lives drifted somewhat apart
In location and contact - but never in heart
I love you dear Charlotte, we'll be friends forever
Will I write a poem next year? prob'ly not ever.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
(The first picture is Charlotte and her sweetheart Eric coming out of the Logan Temple after they were married. The second photo is Melissa, Charlotte, and me at Charlotte's wedding reception)