Sisters

Look to the left. That's my best friends and I. You're looking at three of the weirdest (we prefer the term "peculiar") girls that God ever created. And you're looking at three of the most blessed girls that God ever created. Julie Beth and I have known one another since she was born. The memories and experiences that we have shared are countless. Sarah and I haven't known each other quite as long, but we may as well have. We have just as many memories! They're, as cliche as it is to say, my soul sisters!

The three of us are infamous for our tendency since we were teenagers to take long drives to absolutely nowhere. They seem totally pointless to most people. But they're some the best memories of my life. We have a rule for these drives though. "Nothing said [in secret] in this car leaves this car!". It's our time of fellowship. We talk all at once, over top of each other and still somehow manage to understand everything the other two are saying. We change the subject often. We laugh. We cry. We sing. We help each other through the latest crisis'. We tell our deepest, darkest secrets. We talk about how great our God is. We ponder the mysteries of Heaven and share the latest "pots of honey" that we've found in our Bibles'. I'm pretty sure that half of the time we are "driving" that God is really driving the car. Otherwise, I'm not sure how we'd survive as involved in our conversations as we are (don't panic anyone...we really do pay more attention to the road than it sounds like!)! Something that started out when we were all around 16 years old has carried on way longer than any of us ever imagined it would. We used to solve the problems of the world on our drives when we were just kids.

When you grow up and go to college or get a job, you tend to lose your childhood friends. That's happened to us. The kids that we hung out with growing up aren't around anymore. Some are married. Some have moved. Some we've just drifted away from. But at least for now, the three of us are as close as ever. We've made some new friends that don't replace the ones we've lost, but are just as important to us (you know who you are!) Time marches on, and inevitably it will march on for us one day as husbands, careers, families, and whatever other plans God has for us come to pass. For now though, we have this time. For now, we have the chance to make the memories together that we'll treasure forever and ever. And for now, we're content in so much as God has given us.