The Thirty Letter Challenge basically requires you to write letters to 30 different people, or things, in your life. You can choose anybody, anything, you feel suits the prompter, and you can write it in whatever style or format you like. It doesn’t have to be serious, and it doesn’t necessarily get read by the people you address. Letter one is to your best friend.
This seems like an easy enough letter to write, but for me it’s slightly more complicated. I don’t have just one best friend.
In my “real life”, I have Gigi, who is my cousin and has known me since birth and has been my best friend since I was 7.
I have MamaDee, who is also my cousin, who I have known since she was born, and who used to follow me around when she was a kid. I always said it bugged me, but I loved having someone who looked up to me... now she's the one I look up to.
I have MamaChelle, who I met in high school and connected with instantly (and is also the only person I remain in constant contact with from high school).
I have Nerf, who I met while in the military... and even though we go through periods where we don't talk, I know that if I ever truly needed something, all I'd have to do is pick up the phone & she'd be there.
I have AT, who I just met last year but who has already become one of my very best friends.
In my “real life”, I have Gigi, who is my cousin and has known me since birth and has been my best friend since I was 7.
I have MamaDee, who is also my cousin, who I have known since she was born, and who used to follow me around when she was a kid. I always said it bugged me, but I loved having someone who looked up to me... now she's the one I look up to.
I have MamaChelle, who I met in high school and connected with instantly (and is also the only person I remain in constant contact with from high school).
I have Nerf, who I met while in the military... and even though we go through periods where we don't talk, I know that if I ever truly needed something, all I'd have to do is pick up the phone & she'd be there.
I have AT, who I just met last year but who has already become one of my very best friends.
Online, I have @bellie7, @JASaare, @Twimom227, @lilyofdarkness, and @kindlevixen. You might think “Oh, these are just people that you’ve met online. There’s no way they could be your ‘best’ friends. You don’t even know them!” I have news for you – they are better friends to me than some of the people I know in my real life. I know without a doubt that if I’m having a shitty day, all I have to do is call, text, email, or DM one of these women and they will be there for me. I’ve laughed and cried with these women and I’m so lucky to have them all in my life.
So who do I write this letter to?
Well, that’s easy… all of them.
Dear Best Friends,
You are each my best friends for different reasons, but the one common theme with all of you is love. I love you all for vastly different reasons, but I’m truly blessed by God to have you all in my life. I pray that you know just how important you all are to me.
Love,
MK
1 comment:
Aw! You rock my sister and I love you too! I find my closest friends are those I've never met IRL.
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