Friday, June 15, 2012

We Were Like Peas and Carrots

My best friend in High School was Miranda. During that time Forest Gump was popular so we always coined ourselves as being like peas and carrots (I was the pea, she was the carrot!). We were inseparable four most of our 4 years of high school.  We did the typical BFF things, hung out every weekend, talked all night on the phone during the week, laughed with eachother until we thought our stomachs would burst, had constant boy talk, and  we shared our secrets, dreams and fears.
We are prob 15 here and getting ready for Winter Carnival . I am the one sitting.

Then of course during our senior year, our friendship started to strain a little bit. We were both going off to college at different schools. She started to date a guy that I had been really close with (no interest in though...trust me!!) so things were just a little weird.  We saw each other a few times during our college years but after that we totally lost touch.

I had heard from a few friends over the years that Miranda was asking about me, wanting to know where I lived, what I was up to, etc.  Then one day I get a message on Facebook from her and she is so happy to have found me. I was happy she had too. I had no hard feelings towards Miranda at all. It was just one of those things that happened in life as far as I was concerned. Come to found out at a playdate later, she thought I was mad at her and her boyfriend (who she was no longer with when we reconnected) had told her that I was a bad influence on her so we couldn't be friends. WTF! 
 Anyways, it's funny how lives can run so parallel...our sons were the same age and were born a few weeks apart, we had the same quirky cell phone, she is a Physical Therapist, I handle public relations at a physical therapy company.  I got pregnant with my second child and she did 6 months later. So we have resumed a friendship and have play dates whenever our schedule and kids' health allows it. 
Then last weekend, I went to her daughter's first year birthday party. As I drove home I was thinking about the party and how my kids were playing with her kids.  Who knew that this was all going to transpire..I am so happy that we are apart of each others lives again and I'm able to share these special moments with her.  We may not be the BFFs that we were in high school, but she knows apart of me that no one else will ever know and that makes this unexplainable bond between each other. So to me, I'm still the pea and she is still the carrot.



10 comments:

  1. I met my bff when we were 10, 22 years ago. We are still best friends. I just named my third child after her, well her middle name. I can't imagine life without her.

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  2. That is awesome! I love friendship like that! You guys are lucky to have eachother!

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  3. awww... i feel the same way about my high school friends. we rarely see each other, but when we randomly do, it's like things pick up right where they left off 10 years ago.. and very true about them knowing a part of you not many others do... what a special bond! thanks for stopping by my blog. following you back!

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  4. awww loved this.. so great to reconnect with old friends. especially good ones... you guys must be thrilled.. thanks for stopping by my blog yesterday, its sooo nice to meet you, girl =)

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  5. what a friendship..kind of crazy how things work out, isn't it?! Facebook connects old friends...
    I am your newest follower..pls follow back if you can.

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    1. Yes, it is crazy how things work out...guess that happens with true friendships. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I will be checking out yours!

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  6. Wonderful! I am so glad you reconnected, what a blessing!!

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    1. Thank you! It has been really great to have our friendship again and at a different point in our lives!

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  7. I love that you are so honest in this post and that there is a happy ending! Thanks for stopping by my blog-I look forward to following-and your family is adorable!
    -Allison
    sweatpantshighheels.blogspot.com

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