i’ve got this friend who inspires me.

from my own personal experience, the establishment and development of friendships is not easily accomplished in a city like london. the bridge between ‘let’s go dancing sometime this month’ casual acquaintance and let’s exercise in front of each other and share our intimate moments, insecurities, and dreams together can be a difficult bridge to acknowledge and cross.

but when you do it {and you both have to make that happen} the rewards are immeasurable. it’s the desire to call my mother and proclaim “mom, i’ve made a new friend!”

the innate need to form connections with other people is an important part of our humanity – whether you are a child and it’s your first day of primary school or if you are a grown woman living in a big, bright city, looking for someone to share your experiences with.

…

i have spent the last day with the kind of friend i am writing about now, and this post is just a tiny glimpse into some of the details of her life – the bits and pieces that surround her and that i feel add to her overall beauty as a person.

ruta.

 
  
  
  
{final photograph by orsolya karancz – link to website}

not to be overly sappy, but thank you, ruta… for crossing that bridge with me.

…and waterloo bridge, and tower bridge, and millenium bridge, and all of the other thames bridges.

xo