BFF

I was using this phrase before it was popular. It actually means something to me. My BFF is Sonya McKinnon. We met in high school. I introduced her to her hubby. We did Master's Commission. We left around the same time. She was essentially an adopted member of my family. We've been through so much and have depended on each other for a shoulder to cry on, even if we were on opposite coasts. We have mourned our miscarriages and celebrated the births of our children. We wept when my family fell apart and celebrated when we found out she was moving to Washington.

No matter how long it's been since we've seen each other, we always just pick up where we left off. Just recently, I saw her for the first time in 5 years. The first thing that happens is Bear vomiting on her carpet. No big deal.

It took me until my Senior year of high school to get my BFF. I was a teenager with an extremely low self-esteem and didn't trust very easily. I had moved many times and had friends say that they would stay in touch and it didn't happen, despite my best efforts. But there was something about Sonya; something told me I could trust her (probably the Holy Spirit). So I did. And we've been sisters ever since.

Are you open to people or have you corked yourself into a bottle of solitude? Are you too afraid to meet and spend time with new people? Now, I'm not saying to just trust people instantaneously, but you shouldn't close yourself off.

Who knows. Maybe that wall flower is your BFF and you both just don't know it yet.