I found my best friend…
You ever meet that one person you know you’re supposed to be friends with? That’s the way it was for me when I met Lily. She’s my best friend, as close to me as a sister. She knows me better than almost anyone else and she’s the person I play with the most. We are similar in many ways, but mostly it’s our differences that make our friendship so strong.
At first glance you wouldn’t think we’d be friends, for one we’re 13 years apart in age. I’m a crusty – Fabulous – 41 year old woman, she’s just now 28 years old. She’s always climbing up trees, or creating some amazing piece of art work, a truly free and creative spirit that brings joy into everything that she does. I’m a somewhat conservative business owner who’s carrying some fluff. But those differences really don’t keep us apart.
She gets me to be free, to laugh and play and be the big dork I really am. She embraces all my nerdiness and encourages me to just be me. She’s taught me that growing older doesn’t mean I have to grow up.
With me she’s learning how to be an adult. All that boring and yet necessary stuff that it takes to build your own fempire.
Through her I’ve found the encouragement to finally reveal the ShadowGate to the world. She’s always in my corner, pushing me out of my shy little shell.
I love this woman with all my heart and can honestly see us being friends until the day we die.
We do fight, and argue and get our feelings hurt, but more than that we are safe enough with each other to do those things. To get hurt and then tell the other person, “hey, I’m hurt” and know that we will be validated. That we’ll talk it out and be better for it.
She’s like a little sister, sometimes spoiled and frustrating, and I know I certainly try her patience from time to time. But I know when it really comes down to it she has my back through it all.
She’s supported me through the good and the bad and she didn’t turn her back on me when I went through the most profound and life changing experience a person can go through. Instead of trying to force me to stay in the mold of who I used to be, she’s allowed me to grow and because the woman I am, with the understanding that there’s more growth in my future.
Lily’s my best friend and she’s as weird as I am. Don’t believe me? Watch the video.
Until next time,
L