Today's
#bloglikecrazy prompt from Javacia Bowser is “write about your best
friend or a group of friends.”
I've been blessed with some
wonderful friendships over the years. I've also experienced the
crash-n-burn friendship, the not-what-I-thought-it-was friendship,
the slipping-away-we've-outgrown-each-other friendship. I've made a
lot of mistakes and learned a lot and loved deeply. But no friendship
has impacted my life more obviously than the friendship I share with
my husband.
Paul and I met on a
blind date. We were set up by my best friend in college Cindy and her
friend/Paul's sister Donna. They just knew Paul and I were meant for
each other. It didn't take us very long to believe they were right!
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| A pic of us at my parents' house, just after we got engaged. 1990 |
Nearly 24 years ago
when we went on that first date I remember how after we'd enjoyed our
meal, Paul pulled from his pocket a newspaper clipping of the movie
schedule. (Back in the day when we used the newspaper for such
things!) He asked me what I wanted to see, and I, without hesitation,
pointed to DRIVING MISS DAISY. So that's what we saw. Of course it's
a story about the unlikely friendship between Miss Daisy and her
driver Hoke. It's one of only two films we watch again every single
year. (The other is IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.)
Paul is not my
driver (okay, sometimes he is!), but he is definitely my best friend.
I'm so grateful.
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