Dear Kimmie,
I have been thinking about about the entire “Best friend” concept and I wonder if that is something we keep during adulthood or is it childhood exclusive? If we lose a best ADULT friend, do we go looking for another one or do we just drift in and out of each others lives, sharing secrets and experiences with whoever (whomever, I dont know, you were always better at that) is close to us at the time? Are the best friends that we have during childhood still our best friends into adulthood even though we drifted apart? Do we even have a need for a best friend when spouses and children become a reality?
These things I can not answer, or I would have. All I know is you are the BEST friend I have ever had in my entire life and I thank you for it from the bottom of my heart.
The summer before seventh grade began, I got the worst sunburn of my entire life. My brother and I stayed outside in a little wading pool all day with limited sunblock on. I remember sitting in front of a rotary fan, slathering aloe on my skin and doctoring the blisters (which had blisters). It slipped my mind that I signed up for Pep Squad, in a momentary lapse of judgment, and the first meeting was before school started.
With a blister on the tip of my nose, I entered the auditorium of my brand new middle school and joined the pep squad meeting. You were there and as soon as I started talking to you, something clicked. It was like we were old souls reunited.
I cherish the years of memories, inside jokes and stories we shared. Even if life took us in two separate, directions I still consider you my best friend and one of the best humans to grace this Earth.
If there is ever anything you need, from a cup of sugar to a kidney, you know you can count on me to help you. I love you and I hope to meet you again in the next go around. How about we not meet while I have such a horrible sunburn this time, yeah?
Love always,
N
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