i will love you when you're blue

in two hours, my friend will have been born 25 years ago. and i will have known her for 14 years. though our conversations are months apart and our hangouts are years in pending, i still love her to death. i know nothing about her except what she blogs, and if she reads mine, she may have some fuzzy clue of what life state i am in. such is the nature of our friendship. but i know if i have some question or if i am in dying need for her opinion, i could leave her a message and she would respond back when she can. i hope she knows that this holds true for her too.

we used to plot against boys who liked too many girls at a time, write entertaining screenplays for class, share lunches, keep each other updated with letters (even in the summertime, when we couldn't see each other!), smile at each other from across the room. it was always very comforting to know she was there. and i was always inspired by her creativity and spirit; she was contagious! :)

most importantly, our souls and/or hearts were "made out of the same stuff." that explained our connection. something about how we related (though i was not aware of my own soul when we walked the same path) was too familiar to be coincidental. this i believe whole-heartedly. and i realize now, she was the first instance of me finding part of my cookie.

we are currently walking different paths and we cannot see each other across the distance. but she is still very much a part of me and who i am.

happy birthday, josephine joann. may this year bring you all the beauty and joy that you deserve, along with the wisdom and courage to follow your goals and dreams.

l.y.l.a.s. coKoPebblez637.