so my best friends just posted this on her blog. (sorry G i'm stealing it from you but i love it!)
'I remember meeting in preschool, when we were four years old, and even then you were the tallest girl in the class.
I remember always being best friends, even though we were never in the same class, and only went to the same school for three years.
I remember Saturday mornings always being a race to see who could call the other first for a sleepover that night. And the crushing disappointment when we couldn’t do it, and had to wait a whole extra week to see each other.
I remember every birthday card I ever got from you was written in the car on the way to the party. And every birthday card I ever gave you for that matter too.
I remember forgetting to give each other christmas presents, year after year, and the year I found out your birthday was on the 9th, not the 10th like I’d always thought.
I remember getting excited when I realised we were both allowed to pick our own highschool thinking we’d finally be able to go to school together. And then we picked entirely different, almost opposite schools.
I remember the day we met each other at the bus depot after school one day, and realised we would see each other every single day again, even if only for a half hour.
I remember your first boyfriend in highschool, and how it was a huge secret from your mum. And my first boyfriend, who I told absolutely everyone about, including your mum.
I remember my dad getting sick, and going to hospital, and forgetting to tell you about it. But you were still there when I got sick afterwards and needed your help.
I remember telling you that I was going to move away for university, and you told me you were moving to America for a year.
I remember my eighteenth birthday, when you came shopping with me for a dress to wear and you convinced me to buy a bright purple eighties inspired thing. And then got really, really drunk with me.
I remember the last time I saw you, we snuck away from my sister graduation party preparations to go to the markets and eat pancakes and fairyfloss. And take dumb pictures.
I remember that of all my highschool friends, you have stuck by me through everything.
I remember all of the advice you have given me over the years, in person, on the phone and by email, even if I sometimes forget to listen.
I remember that you are my closet friend, despite living the farthest away.
You need to remember that I miss you and love you, and support you no matter what you decide to do.'
i wanna add some things that she missed.
I remember sitting on your couch with popcorn and our famous (well infamous) noodles watching 'The Wizard of Oz'.and being able not not only recite every word, but pick out all the mistakes from beginning to end.
I remember sitting on your couch with popcorn and noodles watching the remastered version of the Wizard of Oz and marveling at how they had actually remastered it and removed a lot of the mistakes (but not all of them!)
I remember swimming in your pool pretending we were mermaids and under the water was our very own hideaway.
I remember roaming around your house/block/street/orchid and always finding something to do, no matter where our heads were at.
I remember putting too much pepper on my spaghetti and you never letting me live it down. :)
I remember the guinea pigs. thats all i have to say.
I remember driving to your house for the first time and your mum being so confused cause she didn't know who's car was out the front (didn't help that i sometimes had mine and sometimes had mums car)
I remember you telling me that for years you thought my eyes were green, me telling you that they were brown and us coming to the conclusion they were hazel.
I remember my 8th birthday, we went and saw George of the Jungle (in the cinema!) and went to Pizza Hut.
I remember you always being a grammar nazi about everything i ever wrote, and me constantly forgetting it.
I remember giving you advice, watching when you didn't take it, and biting my tongue instead of saying 'i told you so'.
I remember just listening.
I remember sharing the same bed for years.
I remember you getting a new bed cause 'we' broke it. (and this one was almost long enough for me)
I remember when you told me you really were moving, that it wasn't gonna be like other times, you were actually gonna go.
I remember getting the email that you had sold our house (you know it was never just your house).
I remember sneaking away to the markets and eating fairy floss, pancakes and taking corny photos.
I remember Gypsy barking and backing away, barking and backing away, then giving up all together.
I remember getting roses from you one valentines day, not only did i love them, but i really liked the look on the mean girls face when i walked right past her with half a dozen roses. btw she only had 3.
I remember making faces at each other through the big window of preschool when we got bored.
I remember that no matter what was going on with you, you always had time for me. even when we didn't go to the same school or when we wouldn't see each other for weeks. no matter what we were still best friends.
and you always remember that no matter how much of a horrid best friends i'm being, not replying or taking forever to do so, i'm thinking about you everyday and our promise all those years ago about how we would be each others maids of honour.
I love you GBrown and miss you so much!
