There is something to be said for a lifelong friend. My lifelong friend is Miss Erin Ree.
I've been feeling just "off" lately. Stressed out, not happy, just generally not feeling right. Then I got to spend ALL DAY Saturday with Erin. Just me and her and nobody else. It was the most fantastic day I have had in I can't tell you how long! And since then, I am feeling so much better, its like I got to reboot!
Erin and I have known each other since a very young age, I can't say exactly how old, but I can't remember a time when she ever wasn't in my life. We grew up on the same road, out in the sticks where there weren't a whole lot of kids to pick from to be friends with! So who knows, maybe we turned out to be best friends by default - lack of any other options! But I don't think that's the case, because if it was, when we finally moved out and got in to the real world we would have moved on from each other and we didn't.
We have been through it all together, boys, deaths, graduations, weddings & births (mine, hers are coming soon), we know all there is to know about each other. When we are together there aren't any background stories that you have to give to tell a current story. We don't have to give any kind of explanation for why our families are the way they are. We are just honest and we understand each other.
We find the same stupid things hilarious and we understand why the other gets upset. We have changed a lot from the little girls we used to be, but we are changing and growing the the same direction and I couldn't be happier about that!
I spent over 12 hours with Erin on Saturday. I was so sad to see the day come to an end and I genuinely can't wait until we have the time to do it again!
