There aren’t many details that I remember from my sorority days.  I’m not a detail person when it comes to memories.  I wouldn’t have made a good BOY for many reasons, but for one reason in particular - I don’t remember every line from every movie so that I can easily recite them later to my buddies.  What I do remember is having lots of fun.  I loved living in a house of girls.  I loved the sisterhood of it all.  I am so lucky to be able to look back at my life so far and remember fun and laughter.  So while I don’t remember many details, there is one thing that I remember about my days in the sorority.  Well, actually it’s two lines from a song that we sang during Rush Week - Make New Friends, But Keep the Old Ones, Some are Silver and the other Gold!

For some reason, that song keeps running through my head tonight.  Here’s what I know for sure - I couldn’t live without my girlfriends, and I never want to try!  I love them all for so many different reasons.  They all bring something very special to my life.  But the ones I cherish the most are the ones who always bring me up, even when I don’t see the light.  These are the friends who know our deepest darkest feelings and secrets and love us anyway.  We all have these friends.  The friends that know us so well.  The ones that tell it like it is, but have a special way of delivering their heartfelt message that it doesn’t hurt our feelings.  That very message delivered by any other human on the face of this earth would put us on the defensive and turn us into UFC Champs.

 Today, I was bummed.  I won’t even go into the reason, but naturally, I picked up the phone and called a friend.  This is the friend that will answer her phone no matter what she’s doing just because she sees my name on her caller ID.  After I spill my story, she calmly assesses me, my words, my situation and gives me the cold hard facts.  Somehow she makes it all better.  And I’d do exactly the same for her.  While I realize we are girls and we will “discuss” the situation 10,000 more times because it’s never really over, I love her for all she is and all she gives to me.  While I really do love and cherish my husband, she’s the one that I want to give the other half of my Best Friend Broken Heart Necklace to. 

But it’s not just her that I love and need - it’s all my BFFs that fill my life with happiness.  I just hope that I do the same for them.  I just hope that they feel as loved and understood as I do.  They’re all so amazing and I aspire to give them everything they have ever given to me. 

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