"Make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold."
The old girl scouts song. This song rings true for my dearest and oldest friend. I don't mean that she's my oldest friend but that shes a long forever and a day friend. I think we've been friends on and off 15 years maybe more. My head explodes trying to think of the numbers. Anyway were friends and have been for a long time.
Today she turns the big milestone 30! I used to share many a birthday of hers with her and her family. I was pretty much the 4th sister. We were next door neighbors but really just slept at our own houses. We were usually always together, it was very rare we weren't together. We completely wore down a path from her house to mine and could pretty much walk that path with our eyes closed even with trees and rose bushes in the way.
Her family didn't have the traditional kids birthday party with games and other children running around. Their birthday's consisted of pretty much just the family with the birthday girls preferred cake of choice; usually being red velvet or a broken glass cake famously made by her aunt and burgers on the grill by her dad. There was usually a great shopping spree with all the girls (including me of course), grandma, and Aunt S. They would literally shop til I could drop, hitting every mall in the metro area. I loved those birthdays just for the simple traditions and family whom I claimed as mine in my own way.
Last year I happened to be in town when she was in town and was able to make the trek to her parents house pretty much following the same way we used to. This time I had my boys in tow and anxious to see her precious little baby girl after her christening. The family was gathered around just like old times. The grandmas and aunts were all there and the tradition remained alive for the next generation. I felt as if it was a small family reunion my own little family reunion. They welcomed me back as if I had never really left.
I wish I could be there for her 30th, but she knows I will be thinking of her and her family and that delicious red velvet cake.
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BFF
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BFF
Category: Friends
They are the bestest of best friends and have known each other pretty much all of their lives. D first met the tiny N at the NICU in Dallas when he was just a little over 1 years old and N just a few weeks old. D wasn't sure about this tiny person with all this "stuff" attached to him, but he knew his life had changed forever.
After months of being in NICU, N finally got to home and D was there to accompany us home after also being displaced from his home for several months. The two seemed to bond fairly instantly. D never felt jealous of N and somehow at his young age knew that N was a fragile little guy that would need some extra care. D was just the right friend to be there and help out with the care and love N needed.
Years have gone by and D and N are the bestest of best friends. They have been inseparable since that first day home together. There has never been a day or night they haven't been together. Where one goes the other goes. They have had their usual disagreements but nothing that ever lasted more than a few minutes. This is the type of friendship that will last their lifetime. Nothing can or will ever separate them. At some point, the time may come when other friends or god forbid a girl get between these two, but at the end of the day they will still be the bestest of best friends. They have a bond between them that no one else can change. A bond of brotherhood that makes their friendship different than most others.
When I think about this type of friendship, in a weird way it makes me jealous. I had my "sisterly" friendship at their age. We were inseparable as well, I was pretty much the 4th sister of 3 sisters.The only thing separating us was a hilly yard with a path wore down between our houses. We shared the common friendship of D and N. If you saw one it was more than likely you saw the other. My friendship soon faded out with change growth and distance. Although we are still good friends the bond of sisterhood is no longer there. D and N however have the great advantage of brotherhood that shall never keep them apart no matter what kind of change, growth or distance. This kind of friendship is what I consider the bestest of the best kind of friendships ever.
BFF
Category: Friends
They are the bestest of best friends and have known each other pretty much all of their lives. D first met the tiny N at the NICU in Dallas when he was just a little over 1 years old and N just a few weeks old. D wasn't sure about this tiny person with all this "stuff" attached to him, but he knew his life had changed forever.
After months of being in NICU, N finally got to home and D was there to accompany us home after also being displaced from his home for several months. The two seemed to bond fairly instantly. D never felt jealous of N and somehow at his young age knew that N was a fragile little guy that would need some extra care. D was just the right friend to be there and help out with the care and love N needed.
Years have gone by and D and N are the bestest of best friends. They have been inseparable since that first day home together. There has never been a day or night they haven't been together. Where one goes the other goes. They have had their usual disagreements but nothing that ever lasted more than a few minutes. This is the type of friendship that will last their lifetime. Nothing can or will ever separate them. At some point, the time may come when other friends or god forbid a girl get between these two, but at the end of the day they will still be the bestest of best friends. They have a bond between them that no one else can change. A bond of brotherhood that makes their friendship different than most others.
When I think about this type of friendship, in a weird way it makes me jealous. I had my "sisterly" friendship at their age. We were inseparable as well, I was pretty much the 4th sister of 3 sisters.The only thing separating us was a hilly yard with a path wore down between our houses. We shared the common friendship of D and N. If you saw one it was more than likely you saw the other. My friendship soon faded out with change growth and distance. Although we are still good friends the bond of sisterhood is no longer there. D and N however have the great advantage of brotherhood that shall never keep them apart no matter what kind of change, growth or distance. This kind of friendship is what I consider the bestest of the best kind of friendships ever.
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