Friendship Unparalleled

Right to left: Brittni, Sam, & Karry

Quote of the night: "No wonder people hated us in high school."

If you want to know the definition of friendship, please reference the above photo. Those three girls are the three best friends I have ever had. This fact is evidenced by what resulted from the simple idea of, "Hey! I have a great idea. Let's each get all the photos and videos we've collected over the past ten years and have a wine and picture party!" Above you will find my three best friends amidst a sea of proms, birthday parties, graduations, drunken debauchery, middle school dances, sleepovers, the occasional class, school lunches, homecomings, sports events, college experiences, first loves, first heartbreaks, friendships that have come and gone, and all the random in-between moments that we called life over the last ten years.

So we spent the night looking back at all the memories we've made together (and maybe enjoyed a glass of wine or two) and reminisced about what events brought us from strangers at age 11 to the best of friends at age 22. The kinds of events that define you as a person. The kinds of events that you only get to experience once...ever. The kinds of events that you want to share with people that mean the most to you. Those moments are what make up my life story. I cherish them with every bit of my heart. Life will never be as simple as when all we had to do was be together and make them.

Sure, there are memories I'm sure we'd like to forget. Fights and broken friendships and all the drama that comes with being an adolescent girl. But, speaking for myself, I wouldn't change one bit of it. Because we came out hand-in-hand, better friends than we ever could have imagined, and I am fortunate enough to still call these girls my best friends ten years later. Most importantly, I know I'll be calling them my best friends for the rest of my life. They are as much a part of me as any appendage on my body. If I lose one of them, I feel like half a person. They make up my heart, my soul, the very fiber of my being. And I am grateful to God that he has blessed my life with three of the strongest, most amazing women I've ever met.

So, to my dear, dear friends, thank you. Thank you for being you. And for letting me call you my friends. It may have been a long and arduous road, but here we stand. And if I have nothing else in this world, I have you.

XOXO,