Natalie and Clara

When I moved to Arlington, I found a place on craigslist... I set up and arranged everything with the roommate of which I was replacing. So, I only had met my actual roommate over the phone. Yes, it was odd, yes I was a little nervous whether it would turn out or not, but it did... and through living there for a year, I got a great friendship out of the mix. Natalie has been my "husband" for a lot of the time that Kris has been gone. In fact, I have probably lived with her longer in total than I lived with Kris. I used to lean in the doorway of her bedroom before bed and we would laugh and talk and debate about all kinds of things. Sometimes we would disagree, but every conversation we had usually ended up with a smile and a great time. And through our conversations I have learned lots of things about religions, ways of the world I didn't know about, I even went to a friends birthday party where every person that was there sang Happy Birthday in another language...
Not many people can say that about a friend, roommate or their "husband"... guess I really lucked out.