5/2/12

{the way i view...friendship}

this month's theme is friendship. i'm doing a monthly challenge over at clickinmoms. you can find last month's installment {here}.  i have a lot of friends.  most of my friends are people i've met at target.  sad huh?  not really if you consider that i did not go to college and have been with the company for ten years.

out of all of my friends, i have one bestie.  her name is jen.  :)  you may recognize her.  she has been on the blog before.  {even though she claims she never has}.

jen and i have been friends FOREVER.  it all started one day during high school.  jen was on crutches and the teacher asked for a volunteer to leave a few minutes early and walk her to her next class.  i am all for leaving class early, so i volunteered to bring her.  the rest, as they say, is history.  we've been friends for as long as i can remember.  we had one big fight where we didn't talk for a couple of years.  we call it our "vacation".  it was a horrible time.  i'm not even sure jen knows how much i hated it.  {she will now, cause as a good bestie does, she reads my blog.}  i thought of her all the time and found myself missing her.  finally, i made a leap and contacted her through myspace.  {i know huh?  myspace?  so 2008}.  even though we had been best friends, meeting up with her that first time after our vacation was nerve racking. everything worked out fine though, and here we are!

since i know you're reading this, jennifer, i wanted to let you know that i love you.  you are my family more than just my friend.  thank you for being the best best friend i could ever ask for.  you're gonna be stuck with me for a hella long time.  :)

i tried to get a cute pic of jen and i today for this post, but that didn't work out so much so you'll get an adorable pic of her fish face {which i'm so sure she'll love me for} and some others i find on my computer.

so bear with me....there are lots of pics here.  :)


we'll start off with way back when....

really the fact that she was friends with me when i wore white eyeliner says something for her. ;)
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she was there when most of my babies were born....
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she does crazy ass things that make me laugh....

like lay on the floor like she's dying in the middle of the airport because we have a delay...with four kids. {tell me you don't love the kids faces in the background?}
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she's also one of those friends who would do anything for you.  including bringing you to new york and hanging out with you on a work outing to six flags....
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aren't we cute?
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she's not too bad to have a few too many drinks with either. lol.
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she's also the kind of friend that the kids call auntie jen. cause to them, she is their auntie. they love her very much.
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mostly i love her cause we are us....
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and here is that pic i promised at the beginning. :)
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guys don't forget to head over to {clair's} page to see how she views friendship!  :)

12 comments:

  1. Angela, what an incredible testament to your friendship with Jen! I love this post. <3 So much history, milestones, and memories are just bursting forth. I lost a dear friend last year suddenly to cancer and it makes me so happy to see you celebrating your friendship with these incredibly words and photos. Amazing work!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. oh holly, i'm so sorry. i can't even imagine what that would be like. big hugs to you. :)

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  3. This is such an adorable "ode to a bestie" - I love it! I'm sure she will appreciate the trip down memory lane. And it has reminded me that I really should take some more pics w/ my own BFF.

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  4. What a fantastic record over the years! Makes me sad I don't have more pics with my best friend....note to self ;-)

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  5. What a fantastic record over the years! Makes me sad I don't have more pics with my best friend....note to self ;-)

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  6. What a wonderful friendship! Great picture timeline too!

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  7. That was very sweet! You are lucky to have one another. :D

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  8. What wonderful friends you are for each other!

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  9. Aww, I love a good bestie story!!! :)

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  10. What a great chronology of friendship! And I love your daughter's self portrait in another post!

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