I had the most relaxing, entertaining, fun, SOBER night on Saturday. No kids, no husbands, no outside influences….just me, my BEST friends, the sand between our toes, the sound of the ocean waves crashing in the night, the heat from our bonfire to melt our marshmallows for smores…and the sound of a some familiar tunes coming for an ipod.
We sat, relaxed….talked about our past, present and future. We tried to figure out when the last time that us 4 were together…alone….and I’m thinking it has to have been in high school. When we’d sit at Gabby or Cindy’s house for hours doing nothing. But now between kids, husbands, work, distance and life we don’t get to spend this kind of quality friend-time together anymore. But it was nice…very nice. I think we all needed it deep down! I love these girls more than friends…I feel they are the sisters that God never gave me! They are the girls that I can love, hate, but love again in an instant! I need them in my life…they all hold a special place and have special duties for me…and I truly cherish them more than they know!!! I love you girls!
Gabby, Erika, Cindy & myself at Huntington Beach, Ca.
Gabby got the fire going….Cindy pretended to help…I sat and took pictures while Erika was taking in the California coastline for one of the last times in a long time!
We enjoyed smores…with the cool marshmallow poker thingys that Yosh made for us!
Then walked to the water…I was carried, crutched and hobbled to get my butt down there…but walking in the sand with a broken foot is difficult. I took my “camboot” off for the beach time…didn’t want sand to ruin it. So I TRIED toughing it out.. And I think I’m paying the prices in pain today from that little stroll we took :/
Finally made it down to the water line to see this amazing moon infested sky. It was so bright it lite up the water and made it look Gods natural nightlight. It was beautiful.
I watched the girls all look out into the ocean…not sure what everyone was thinking, but it seemed to bring peace to them all. I got sad…not sure why…and I didn’t let my feeling be known (we were trying to keep it a tear-free night…which we did!) but something about being together…and knowing this won’t happen again for a very long time made me sad!
My best friend, Erika, is moving out of state next week…we have been best friends since the 7th grade and she is leaving to live in Warden, Washington for her husbands work! Its so bittersweet…I’m so happy that they finally found something that makes them happy BUT I don’t want her to leave us!!! And to make it worse my dear friend is 14-15 weeks prego with her first baby. Look at that bump --->
It makes me wanna cry that she has to move away, knowing NO ONE where she is headed! Being prego alone, having a baby alone, raising a baby alone…I want to be there…I want her baby to know Owen and be best friends/cousins like we are!! But I guess God had a different path for her and her husband…right?? Skype will be our saving grace…I’ll be able to keep up w/ her that way…hopefully! They have internet in tiny Po-Dunk towns right?? haha
Erika has always been THAT friend that is easily accessible. She’s THE friend that would come over every Christmas evening, be the ride to chemo when I needed it (which was like 4 times), the one with the ambition to do wild and crazy things when we were young…and the one to keep us girls grounded at the same time.
Our friendship goes way way back. Started playing softball on rival teams…but ended with have a relationship that was closer to sisterhood than best friends. We are 2 members of our foursome. Me, Erika, Gabby & Cindy. We are all so different but so the same as well! Our relationship has had ups and downs, but we always seem to work it out and love eachother in the end.
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Senior year pics….funny having to take pictures of pictures…since my scanner SUCKS!
This is a page from my senior year scrapbook that was dedicated to us girls.
I think this is the ONLY time that all four of our Moms were in the same place for something…all these years…and it was back in 2000 at our high school graduation!!!
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Over the years…we have been through thick and thin together…Thank you ladies for Saturday night AND for being who you are!! Even with Erika moving we will remain as close as we are now…I you better believe I have already started pricing my plane tix to WA!
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