Where to begin? How about with the GREATEST person I know?
The BEST friend in the world and the most REAL? I could go on and on and on..
She’s my very best friend!
Like I said in a previous post, I have been SO lucky to have
a group of girls that I basically ‘grew up’ with. Not the traditional way, we
haven’t been best friends since Kindergarten.. but we literally ‘grew up’
together. All of lifes biggest changes, disappointments and growth came while
we were besties.We became inseparable in 2003. The beginning of my sophomore
year. But Morgan and I became that way a year earlier. I can truly say I’ve had
my ups and downs with every friend (who hasn’t?!) except Morgan. We’ve been
there for each other through it all.. BAD break ups, make ups, deaths, births, weddings,
funerals, birthdays, school, jobs, holidays, vacations, and everything
between.. Though I have 3 other girls I consider ‘besties’ and my husband and
sister of course!.. this chick is my best friend in the world! She’s been my
rock, my confidant, my strength when I
didn’t have any… and frankly, she’s my ‘Lacy’. I’m sort of known as the friend
who puts others in their place, calls them out, etc. She’s the only one who
does that for me.. Not that the others don’t try, but she’s the one that REALLY
gets to me.. The only one that can say (without argument from me) that I’m
wrong. She’s been there from day 1 and will be there til the end. The kind of
friendship that doesn’t really sway.
I remember our first Summer as best friends. She was 15 and
I was 14. I slept at her house a good 6 times a week! We were INSEPARABLE.. Kelli
was and still is, my 2nd mom.. I finally stopped being afraid of
Blair that Summer, Josh became a big brother, and her family became mine.
Cousins, Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents.. they’re all my family... They treated me
like one of their own from the very beginning. I remember very clearly planning
our cabin trip over the 4th of July one year.. And Blair was talking
to Kelli about what ‘the girls’ wanted to do. I remember hearing ‘girls’ and
then thinking about it real hard.. He was talking about Morg and I. I was a
part of it, part of their family.. They only had one daughter, but after that
Summer, they had 2. They’ve been there every since.. Kelli has supported me
through BAD relationships, while Blair called me a dumb ass during them ;)
They were just what I needed.. Because at that time, I was WAY too smart for my
own parents! I remember planning our nights around when Blair was working
because Kelli always let us stay out later.. Looking back, she was always awake
when we got home though :) I learned how I wanted to parent a teenager from
her…She’d come in with her jammies on and hair on top of her head (maybe that’s
where I got it??) and ask about our night. We were SO honest with her! We told
her everything.. Not that I didn’t have a great relationship with my own mom, I did.. But she was worried about
Linds and Riley too. Plus I was her first teenager, Kelli had done this
before.. Morg was her last, so she was pretty chill about it all.. Much like my
mom was/is with Riley.. I can think of a million memories with the W fam..
Island Park, Lake Powell, Orem for fire training, shopping, swimming at Grandma
Jones’, 3 trips a week to Quilted Bear, running out to ATK, doing crafts and
just hanging out downstairs talking and laughing.. I could go on and on. I love
my Westergard fam! So grateful to be ‘a part’ of such an AMAZING group of
people..
Now that we’ve grown up, we don’t spend NEAR the time
together that we used to. Some days it makes me really sad, but for the most
part I just feel so blessed.. I get to have the best of the best when it comes
to friends. She is my best friend and I am hers. I never have to wonder if our
relationship will fade. It won’t.. EVER. Kelli told us all the time when we
were younger that we needed to cherish our friendship, they don’t happen like
this often, and not everyone has a Morgan
or a Lacy. I’ll never forget that,
and I think about it often. She’s so right.. Not everyone has that.. I’m so lucky
I do!!
If I’m ever in a spot where I’m not sure what to do, what to say, or if I just
need to cry or vent.. I call Morg. Our lives are very different now. We both
have full time jobs, husbands and families.. but one thing will never change..
We truly will be BEST FRIENDS FOREVER! :)
Love you Morg, sorry its SO late, but I hope you had a Happy Birthday!!
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