Friends..how many of us have them..

My bestfriend Tonya lives in MO and I hardly ever get to see her but that hasn't stopped us from being really good friends. We've known each other for years and the majority of our friendship we've never actually lived in the same city and now state. I have what I would say 2 bestfriends here in the Boot who are GREAT in their own ways and are really cool peeps. A week ago or so Tonya asked me why we say we're bestfriends when we hardly see each other and lately we haven't talked much to each other either. At first I was a little taken a back by the question, like, why would she question it? and what was making her question it? After we talked I saw what she was saying and really it boils down to the fact that we chose daily, weekly, monthly, whatever to make our friendship work.

I love Tonya to death and I make it a point to tell her that everytime we talk on the phone, any correspondence whatever. I love Court and Shun and Alicia to death as well. Tonya and I had a moment yesterday on the phone. I receieved a call from her right as I was stretching and about to get on the treadmill and when she asked was I busy I said of course not, I mean, I can get on that treadmill anytime, this is my BFF and she needed a sounding board and some advice. I listened and we laughed and ultimately came up with a solution to her problem that I think eased her mind. When I hung up the phone, I was smiling and it brought me back to that question, why are we best friends and to myself I said, I said, because of moments just like that!

I love you Tonya and thank you for making me aware that there will be moments where our relationship doesn't "feel" like a traditional bestfriend relationship but we will also have moments where it does "feel" JUST like a traditional bestfriend relationship, no matter how many miles we are apart!

Brown...out!