A best friend for life

“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”

Elizabeth Foley

I have had the same best friend since I was 5. We were inseparable until high school when we both found new crowds to spend time with. This didn’t change things except how much time we spent together and talked. We still loved each other dearly, but we had other things going on separately. One day I got a call that rocked my entire world. She had been in a terrible accident and they couldn’t tell me if she would make it until the next day! I dropped everything and went straight to her side. We had not talked in a while at this point, but I was not going to let her go through it alone! Her recovery was long, but she was a champ. When I visited it was like nothing had ever changed. We were the same two 5yr old girls who had been friends forever! That was when I realized that just because we were growing individually didn’t mean she and I were any different together.

Through the years we have talked each other through many things. We have cried & laughed. We have witnessed each others weddings & she was there when I was expecting my girls. We still don’t talk everyday. Sometimes we don’t even talk every week, but I know that when I call she is there. I know if I need her to drop everything she is doing and come to me she will. I pray she knows the same!

Husbands, kids, and distance could never change the fact that she is my best friend! When I have a dilemma sometimes she is the only voice of reason. She is the only person who knows all of my secrets & I never fear anyone else will. She is loyal through and through! Everyone should have a best friend just like her!

Find a friend who is loyal. Who will have your back even when your wrong. Find one who will drop everything just to come help you. The one who gives you the advice no one else can give because you would never talk to anyone else about the same things! Find one that u can tell all your secrets too and be confident she will take them to her grave. Find one who buys things just to come see you for a few mins at work so you can talk! Find one who knows you have a family at home and are so so busy but doesn’t get mad when she doesn’t hear from you in weeks! Find the one that you can pick up with just like it hasn’t been a month since you have talked. Find you a friend like mine. Everyone should have one ❤