Derek and I have quite a lot in common with Kimberley and William. But they are much cooler, better put together versions of us - who I aspire for us to be.
Kimberley is a teacher. But she's a funky art teacher at a private high school campus. Her home is filled with original masterpieces and the evidence of her Masters degree is bound in a book! (Darn thesis people!) Where I researched how adminstrators might better be supporting beginning teachers in an effort to fight increasing attrition rates, Kimberley intertwined her educational journey through the history of the corset, of all things. It is a beautiful metaphor to read.
William is the consumate handy-many who can talk all things tools and lathes and welders and machining with Derek. William, however, takes the hobby (passion!) one step further by making his living doing it. To the envy of my husband, Williams gets to work with his hands everyday and has built everything from delicate pens to intricate boxes to elaborate decks. In truth, he is as much an artist as Kimberley is. They have both just found outlets whereby they also get paid for being creative. Kudos!
We caught up with these friends this weekend as they are wonderful entertainers. We ventured away from our homebody tendencies to join the party, for a change. Thanks to them we reconnected with other faces from the past and, as this small world never escapes us, I ran into classmates I had gone to both high school (in Cochrane) and elementary school (in Springbank) with. Actually, it turns out Kimberley went to school in Springbank too but, being half a decade younger than me we didn't ever share the playground. We have only known these friends for about three years and there is always something new to be learned, despite all the things I report we have in common. (Perhaps just wishful?)
Starving artists they definitely are not. Fabulous friends they definitely are.
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