When Friends Become Sisters...

Not many people my age can say that they have had a best friend for twenty years...well guess what?... I can...

Megan Marie Sartwell walked into my life at the age of 5 (I was 4). Her dad and my second cousin, Kathy, were starting to date and thought it would be nice for Megan to have someone to hang out with while they were courting (that is what they called it back in the day). I was kind of the default friend because I was the only girl in the family and happened to be around the same age. They decided to take us camping. I don't remember a whole lot about the first days but i remember I was so excited to have a girl to hang out with. I grew up with all boy cousins and a brother so I would befriend any girl at the time. I had my Minnie Mouse suitcase packed, my Cabbage Patch doll, and most importantly, my baby blanket (which I still never leave home without). I remember the  car pulling up in front of my house and I was nervous and excited. By the end of that first camping trip we were best friends, especially because we both loved our baby blankets so much. That was the first of many moments of our 20 year friendship...

Throughout the years we have shared many happy and many sad moments together. We discovered boys around the same time, we cried when one of us got our heart broken, we would stay up all night talking and giggling, we would try on prom dresses together even though we were in college (and beyond)...we did everything...together.

Somehow we have remained friends despite our distance. We had never lived in the same town until last May when I moved back to Minot.

There have been moments in our friendship that I have stood back and thought about all that we have been through or experienced together. It is amazing that we have never fought! We can tell each other everything and can't wait to share things that we aren't suppose to tell anyone.

We always seem to make it to each others big events....confirmation, high school graduation, college graduation, marriage, divorce, and most recently....the birth of her first baby.

I am so thankful and blessed to have a friend that truely feels like a sister. We are always laughing (usually at something that one of us did or said) and that is what keeps our friendship fun and interesting.

I love every minute that we spend together and always look forward to our next Target run or girls night.

I can't wait to see what our future holds and no matter what life throws our way, we will laugh, cry, or talk through it...together...

Continuing my Journey...with my Soul Sister