My best friend of 23 years was taken from me and I don't know how to live a life where she isn't in it. Every single day, almost every single hour I see something that reminds me of her. I'm running out of ideas to keep going. I'm trying to think of the good, the 23 years of memories I have of her:
The home videos at Grandmas
The fishing and swimming all.day.long
The Woodrows (our band we created while sitting on the top of a woodpile)
Meeting in the woods between our houses
Sleeping in the same bed at least once a week
Setting up an obstacle course in my bedroom after watching Cadet Kelly
"Never cupped, always laced"
Mary-Kate and Ashley marathons
The Spice Girls, Aaron Cater, Backstreet Boys
Minute Maid Juice Pops and Flintstones Push Ups.
Shopping....so.much.shopping
Our "Girls Rule, Boys Drool" shirts...actually, all of our matching clothes, hats, and purses.
Mario, Pokemon, Donkey Kong
HAMTARO...Little Hamsters, Big Adventures!!
Barbies and Bratz
"Speak"
Our websites...
"Be Nice to Grandma!"
"Thanks grama"
A Goofy Movie-"Stand out, above the crowd"
"Arnie...."
You always had a crush on Arnold from Hey Arnold
The drive at 2:00am to Kinmundy
"Close your eyes!"
Sledding
You were with me when my two front teeth were knocked out
Rino
"Everybody Mingle"
Your monkey PJs...mine had mice on them
Lightyear, Buzz
Woods, Elle
"DUH....a big red truck"
You and CB's stupid Jelly Shoes
That time we tried to catch that Water Moccasin
Your eye patch
You wouldn't stay in the pool if anyone got out to go pee, because you were scared of alligators
The Creepettes!
Mermaids in Grandma's pool
That time we took our pictures at the lake and made CB sit on the rock by herself
(These are just a few and these only go up until 2004...)
Today two things happened the the first thing I thought was "I need to text Lana and tell her that..." Then it hit me and my heart was broken..again. I can't believe that you are gone, I cry everyday because I miss your voice, your laugh, your stupid jokes, the fact that you didn't know what pumpkin cheesecake was, the inside jokes we talked about daily.
I miss you Lonnie Doodle, I miss you so much, but I know that you are with Jesus, and that someday we will be together again. Thank you for being my best friend and making more memories with me than anyone else.
I'm learning to live my life without you, but I feel like it is not getting any easier. Someday I'll be able to tell my children about you. The people outside of our family don't completely understand our relationship, we are so much more than best friends and so much more than cousins.
I will never forget....I love you, my love!
The Woodrows huh? Country? Rock? Reggae? Rap? I think I could have joined that group.
ReplyDeleteWOW SEERA.... this is amazing, altho i always got the bad end of the spectrum im so glad it was me and not anyone else,.... who else could handle wedgies over the head MULTIPLE times and walk away....mad and crying... lol... i love u, but almost all of these, no all of them i was there for, or heard about... i remember when u guys taught me never cupped always laced... thats so cool... how many things the both of u taught me and is still instilled in my head.... "BE NICE TO GRANDMA" : "UR A SUCK UP BABY" but learn that she watches over, like her ima strong belieber [<see what i did there?] in signs,.. and i see her a zillion times a day and it just reminds me to STAY BEAUTIFUL <3 love u cuz, no sister bc u were always there to guide me through life,, aww shucks dont cry seera.... Pierra stay strong and continue to spread the story!!!!
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