I would be remiss if I only spoke about my friend Jan, because I met another friend in college that means the world to me as well, Loralee. She and I met not long after I started school and we are still close, even though she lives in Round Rock, which is like forever away.
We are a different as night and day, and that is why I love her. I am very conservative, she is liberal. I am a christian, she is pegan. She is much more a free spirit, I tend to plan, plan, plan. But for all our differences we love each other. She came to my wedding and my babies baptisms, I went to her and Robert's hand fasting cerimony. We respect each other's differences and hopefully learn from one another. When her first son was born, I was there when he came home, and when she was sick in the hospital, my wonderful husband drove me to Round Rock to bring her flowers. She is a wonderful ray of light in my sometimes drab world and I thank God for her.
The really cool thing, is that Loralee's parents only live a couple of miles from my house and because of it, I get to see her and her beautiful family.
I ask myself, how did I get so lucky to find such wonderful and diverse friends that I have kept for so long, and as of yet, I haven't got an answer. I have stopped questioning, and just love my friends. They are like sister's to me.
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