"Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary,
simply by doing them with the right people."
- Elizabeth Green
Yesterday was National Best Friend Day. While I don't totally understand the origin of these random days I certainly can appreciate them. What's not to love about these National Donut Day or National Hot Dog Day? But National Best Friend Day is one I can truly get behind. I am fortunate in my life to have some very, very good friends who are the best at many things. In fact because of my fortune in friendship I hate to say I even have a best friend.
However I do have one friend, who came into my life by pure chance and is nothing short of a kindred spirit. The true sister I never had. The maid of honor at my wedding. The godmother to my son. It is this person who, when can look back on our 20 years as friends, I see not only the exciting times like traveling together but simple moments of joy. The hundreds of bowls of ramen noodles we shared together. The thousands of waves we jumped. The time we took advantage of an empty kitchen floor to spend a whole weekend sitting on it and reading the various parts of Much Ado About Nothing. (Seriously how many people would do that in the world, let alone find someone else who would do it with them?) Or much more recently decorating a baby's nursery and watching Anne of Green Gables as if we were young girls ourselves.
We are not the same at all in personality but rejoice in our differences. We have always found peace and comfort with each other. In so many ways we have provided shelter to each other. As the years have gone by and we've made it out of adolescence and are now entrenched in motherhood we continue to look to each other for love and support. For inspiration and encouragement. Our children have loved each other from the moment they've met, perhaps knowing that their mothers love each other so much.
Today, we remain friends, kindred spirits, and lucky for me, partners on this blog.
So with that being said, Happy National Best Friend Day, Annie!
