Friends

I have not cried about moving until today. I had to say good-bye to my best friend. I have had two best friends in my life. I have a lot of friends but only two best friends. When I was growing up Sharon Drowns was my best friend. Sharon is everything I wish that I could be: athletic, outgoing, everyone loves her and she is beautiful. She is just a wonderful person. I missed her and her influence after I left North Carolina. Even after I got married and had kids we didn't have best friends. I think I have kept myself from getting too close to people because we were always moving. While we were in Cedar City we met Rick and Holly in SUU's ROTC. We really liked Rick and Holly but we never really had the chance to get too close to them in Cedar. Then Rick and Ken went to Oklahoma for OBC at the same time. They rode together and the kids and I followed. Holly decided to stay in UT. She came to visit and we got closer while she was there. It didn't hurt that Rick was always at our house studying, eating, playing with our kids, watching football, and taking home leftovers. :) When we came back here we were close enough to where they lived that we saw each other quite a bit. Our kids love them and we love their daughter Katie too. When we decided to move I was sad about not seeing them all the time. They might move back east too but not for a while and it will still not be in NC. We saw Holly and Katie for the last time today while we were packing. Suddenly I realized that I was going to cry so I got out of there. Ken laughed at me and sent texts to Holly teasing her. Evidently she was crying too. Holly is not like Sharon. Holly seems to be more like me. That is not a bad thing. I still wish that I was all the things that Sharon is but I have realized that I like who I am too. I can sit with Holly and admire her for the qualities that we share and just for the joy of spending time with her.

The point of telling all of you this is to say how much I appreciate their friendship and all that they have done for us and with us. I can't tell you how much their friendship has meant to us. We love you and your family and we hope to reunite with you soon. By the way Holly, I agree with you. It was like saying good-bye to a sister. Write often and call too.