best of friends

she's been a best friend for nearly two decades. some of my earliest memories include her. like her second grade birthday slumber party or jumping on the big trampoline in her back yard. there were times in our lives when we were absolutely inseparable.

i was there when her daughter was born, stood next to her when she married the man of her dreams and cried the day her son was brought into the world.

she has been a part of me for most of my life.

this weekend, as we celebrated the next chapter of another dear friend's life, i realized just how close we had become over the years. we were sitting at a table with strangers and ended up sharing a plate for bread. when asked about it, i simply replied with "we share a lot. it's fine." a little while later when we ordered a dessert to split, one of our new friends laughed saying, "you guys share everything, don't you?"

at the time, i thought "well, yeah. of course we do."

but the truth is that we haven't always shared everything with each other. we found that out on the car ride home from the bachelorette party. we ended up sharing stories that somehow were never shared before. she almost cried, she was laughing so hard after learning about one of my high school "relationships" that she never knew about. and i wasn't the only one spilling the secrets. i found out about not one, but two different adventures i never knew about before.

we laughed so hard.

it was like old times. ...just like old times.

we even stayed at my parents' house, in the little room downstairs with two twin beds so we could relive the slumber party days of old. i had my best friend back again. no kids. no husband. no worries. no time constraints. just us, hanging out and enjoying life together. i haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

she is my friend for life. forever and ever, amen.
and for that, i am the luckiest girl in the world.


"if only the world wouldn't get in the way
if only people would just let you play.
they say you're both being fools
you're breaking all the rules
they can't understand, the magic of your wonderland
when you're the best of friends"
~ fox and the hound, best of friends