Then, just like that, I blinked.
Three years had gone by leaving us with nothing but whiplash. In less than two months we'll be graduating. In June, I'll walk into the Civic Center in my hair-ruining cap and God awful oversized blue gown. I'll open that door to the ever so giggling group of girls I call my best-friends.
So, here's a letter to y'all:
No matter how much we want to deny it..these are our last few months of high school. We all will grow up a little and venture out beyond the doors of South Florence. Some of us become hairstylists, go off to PC or Full Sail with big dreams of marriage, sororities, football games, semi-formals and new beginnings. Things ARE going to be different. We can't try to look over that. Yes, we will all be only a phone call away..but when you don't talk to someone for a while the call is hard to make. There will be no more Friday night football games, sleepovers, late night McDonalds runs, family trips, Cruises, Spring Breaks, movie nights, gossip sessions, tanning days or stalking adventures! We can call each other about our new boy drama but it just won't be the same. We won't be able to just drive down the street to one another's house just on the whim. No more fast food trips after Early D.There will be no more rants from me about my "health issues" on a daily biases. Haha We'll all have different schedules and routines. Yes, we will reunite on the holidays and breaks and so forth but we won't be as close as we have been. There will be no more stories of "salting the watermelon" or clubbing together. We won't be able to go Zapata's together and have "chicken in our hearts". We won't be able go rummage through each others closets in hopes of finding the perfect outfit. Driving around just because we can will cease. We won't pass each other in the hall and exchange a little "love ya girl" smile. All the awkward stories though...they'll never end. I'll never forget all the inside jokes and embarrassing moments we've shared.I'll never forget any of you being there for me when I needed it the most..even if it was just a laugh.
Turner and Emma. You girls weren't there back in 10th grade. But I love y'all so much and will miss y'all so much when I go to college. We have made some lasting memories and have a map to prove it! I can't wait for y'all l older and share with me all your experiences through high school! I know y'all will enjoy it as much as I did! Don't miss out on ANY opportunity that comes to your doorstep. Although we're really good friends I hope you two still look up to me and know you will always be able to come to me for anything!Don't get in too much trouble and don't get too boy crazy! Stand your solid ground and never give up. Watch out for "P-jerks" and Anatomy!
I hope we all stay in touch wherever life takes us! And, that we realize the importance of making memories these lay few months. You girls are some of the ones I want as my bridesmaids at my wedding, by my side as I decorate my first home, holding my children, having group date nights with our husbands,watching my children grow up, vacationing together, sitting beside me in my wheelchair at the nursing home( Lord knows we'll be the ones acting like 5 year olds laughing and flirting with the guy across the hall) and eventually the ones I grow gray with! My biggest fear is we'll all go off saying we'll plan things together and they'll never happen. We'll never speak again. We'll never see each other again. Our friendship doesn't have to end when I walk across that stage in my new Kate Spade heels. Just because of name has been called to go onto a higher place doesn't mean we have to forget those that stood by our sides while we're there. So, let's make the best of what we can while we're all here together! Remember YOLO..unless I'm driving.
Xoxoxo,
The friend in a polo and pearls
P.S Please take the no makeup vow will me for graduation!! Mine will be running down my face before we pull in the parking lot!
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