soul sisters

it feels like high school was just yesterday...

but clearly it wasn't.

there are some friends that you go months or years without seeing, and then

when you bump into them again it can feel a little awkward and the conversation

is forced.  not bad, but just not the way it used to be.  i'm pretty sure that's normal.

then there are friends who you don't see for the same amount of time, but when

you get together you're laughing and talking like you haven't skipped a beat.

that would be my relationship with these 4 girls.

i met jackie, ceara, and syrie in the 6th grade.  i didn't even know what best friends

were until they came into my life.  we stayed connected at the hip through jr. high where

we picked up heidi after bonding over a deep dislike of fellow classmates and

a love for revenge via toilet paper vandalism.  our dynamic changed a bit in high school,

like friendships often do, but not enough to break the bonds of our soul sisterhood.

7 years later, here's the proof:

we had a little reunion about a month ago, and we picked up right where we'd left off...

laughing loud enough to force my dad into hiding, talking about boys, and making total

fools of ourselves dancing in the basement. 

we may be "grown-ups" now, and not see each other on a regular basis,

 but i have to say that its comforting to know that there are

friendships in life that can't be touched by all that real life garbage.