I am blessed to have a very dearest and best friend. Yes, my husband is my best friend. My daughter is also my best friend. But, a girl needs a girlfriend kind of a dearest and best friend too. Debbi is that person in my life. What would I do without her?!
This fine friendship is clearly from the Lord. We were very casually acquainted 25 years ago. That’s it. I knew nothing about her. She knew nothing about me. We didn’t see or hear of each other since that time until two years ago. Through a strange series of events on Facebook I heard that she had attended the same elementary school as me. This information caused me to strike up a conversation with her through Facebook to inquire further. That conversation took place two years ago today. Simply put, we’ve been BFFs ever since. I needed her in my life. But, I didn’t know that until I was blessed to have her in my life. I wouldn’t want to do life without her. It wasn’t too long after our friendship began that we discovered some interesting facts . . . we lived in the same neighborhood as children, only a few blocks from each other; we hung out at all the same places; we attended the same elementary, junior high and high schools (although she’s two years older than me, so she was two grades ahead of me; and for the record, that makes me 22 since she claims to be forever 24). I cannot even begin to list all of the things that we have in common – WordPress simply doesn’t allow me enough space to cover that much ground.
I recently discovered this photo on a friend’s site (her blog is absolutely lovely – EAB Designs). For some reason, even though we both have fairly short hair, this picture made me think of Debbi and me. So I asked my Debbi if we could please grow our hair out so that we can braid it together like these two sweet ones. She said, “Very cute. But, no.” I now refer to her as my sister in braids anyway . . . I can dream, can’t I?
Debbi, thank you for being the very best friend a girl could hope for. Thanks for letting me be me. Thanks for “getting” me. You’re the best friend of my dreams. Let’s grow our hair out so that . . . oh, never mind.
Check out Debbi’s great blog, 24 at Heart.