I am the luckiest person in the world to have a few very close and very wonderful friends. Some from junior high, a couple from the college years and a couple from the past few years. Each friend shares unique and special memories with me...keeps secrets for me, me for them. I honestly do not know what I would do if I couldn't just pick up the phone and call one whenever I needed him or her...
Laura and I on top of the Marina Towers in Chicago...with Homan H. I met him on ICQ and we flew up to meet him and spend the weekend. I make new friends easily. Some stay for a lifetime. The day after this photo was taken, I was rollerblading around the IBM building on State Street. I stopped and layed on a cement bench...looking up at the architechture. Suddenly, a peach hit me in the back of the head. Laura says, "of all the things that could have happened to us in Chicago...you get involved in a drive by fruiting!" I love Laura. We were fast to be best friends in junior high and I have looked out for her everyday since. We have some crazy stories...we have not lived in the same town since we were 23, stayed best friends forever and will be that way till the day we die. She is my human diary, my other half...the one friend I can always expect to set me straight...no matter what. I love you Laura.
I think this was taken with a polaroid camera...oh geez. On our way out to the rodeo...Elyse and I have been friends since before my 21st birthday...I know this because she and all the girls I worked with at Chevy took me to Tony Roma's and ordered me drinks for lunch. Oh to be 21 again!
My 23rd Birthday...celebrated in Pines, in a hot tub with all my closest friends. We were only friends in the same town a short time...I did get to visit you, Jennifer in Soho at Lucky Strike AND we had some really great times living it up in South Beach. Remember dancing on those wooden spools all night?!
What is the word for girls if we have a "bro-mance"? I love you Laura...this was on the monorail at Disney, probably like 87? I remember this trip specifically because juice boxes just came out...and I was thirsty and the only one we had in the car was warm. You told me to hold it up to the air conditioner, so I did. You couldn't stop laughing because you couldn't believe I would think that would work!
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| Toni and I at Estes Park in Colorado in 1984. We had spent the week at church camp in Laramie, WY. I won't divulge what we were up to that week...just know for sure...we had a really good time. Toni and I met in church, went to lots of church camps and never stopped being BFFs. I see her every trip home to Florida. She calls my mom, "mom" even though my mom wouldn't let us be friends in 7th grade. I love Toni for her infinite wisdom when it comes to living life. She does it well. She is always honest, loving and would give anyone the shirt off her back. She has never expected anything in return from any of us. My daughter refers to Toni as her "best friend"...what more could I ask for in a BFF? |
Melissa and I got this wild idea (ok 100% mine) to quit our jobs and drive to Tennessee and Ohio to see Def Leppard in concert. I loved Def Leppard, never seen Tennessee and Missy was from Ohio. We were gone a week, met Def Leppard, Europe and had the time of our lives. We lived in a one bedroom apartment near the beach in Hollywood, Florida. What a great time in our lives. Missy left for Ohio after I moved to Orlando. She and I could pick up the phone right now and pick up where we left off.
Girls night out in Orlando. The one in white has been my friend since we met in 8th grade at the bus stop. She has always accepted me for me and never done anything but guide me in finding my way. I have always looked up to her and found her to be a source of strength and love. Her parents just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Her dad was a pastry chef and made us this HUGE like 50lb chocolate cookie dough one year so we could make gingerbread houses. We swam lakes together, learned how to drive and did chinese fire drills on the way to the beach each weekend. I don't ever get to talk to you enough...there are not enough hours in my trips to Florida to spend with you! I love you Yvette.
I met Meg in New Hampshire. She was a gift from God to me...to teach me patience, love, kindness and humility. She is a mom of 4, Mema to 4 and loved by so many people. I will never forget the day I found out you were in the hospital for an emergency surgery. It made me realize how special you are and how lucky I am to have you as the NH Auntie to my beautiful children. I love you Meg!
This note! I love this note because one of my dearest friends of 20+ years always takes time out of her day for others. Her husband, kids, someone else's kids or just me. She is kind, sensitive and the complete opposite of me. She shares my son's birthday and the Aries sign with me. She had to have a "talking" with me once. She has been one of my best friends since. I love you so much Kelli. I wish we could see each other everyday. You have taught me so much about love, family and kindness.
This list is a short list..there are more, I could write all night. I just wanted to be sure that no matter where I am ....you guys know you are always in my heart. Always.
