The summer before the 5 of us all left for college, we made a quilt that we would send each other every 3 weeks. The quilt was compiled with our own piece of fabric, our name and a pocket for the letters we would send each other. Inspired by the book/movie, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, the fab 5 (as we called our group) went away for college at 5 different schools. The summer before we all left, was the best summer I have ever had. Filled with movies, canoeing, car rides, dinners, childhood games, laser tag, a secret handshake and of course laughter...I thought nothing could come between us. Our last night together was spent just like the rest of them, at Gabrielle's house, and we said goodbye the morning of August 10th, 2010. Our 5 lives mirror the movie in ways I can't describe. I wish this summer would be as good and better as the last, but things have changed...I have changed.
The 5 of us vowed to keep in contact as best as we could by implementing a "Sunday Night Skype" as we called it where we all tried to skype every Sunday night at 10 pm. It's hard to tell if this skype night actually brought us closer together or farther apart. In the first few months, we learned so much about the other 4 friends, but as time went on our time to talk became shorter and shorter and long winded stories were replaced by "I had an overall good week." Just like Tibby, Lena, Carmen and Bridget had their friendship tested after going separate ways, I hope and pray the fab 5 can pass the test. I love Sarah, Ashley, Gabrielle and Carolyn more than anything and I hope that as we change our friendship grows and deepens. I wish the quilt was just like the pants and fit all of us perfectly even when we are constantly changing, but our friendship is not represented by a stupid quilt. Our friendship spans many years (some of the greatest years of my life) and even if the quilt doesn't represent who we are as friends anymore...our hearts will always feel the same love for one another.
I don't know why the friendship with these 4 girls is different than my friendship with my best friend Elizabeth or Chelsea and Megan. With Elizabeth, everything just falls right back together like we never were apart and no matter how different Chels and Meg are from me, we remain close and have a strong, beautiful friendship. More now than ever, I need true friends standing by my side as I make a life changing decision. I am not an insecure person on any level, but leaving for the year without all of these girls right next to me, scares me. I pray with all of my heart that no matter how much we change and grow, our love is constant always remains present.
To the FAB 5: You girls are the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me, and I hope this summer is one to remember no matter what has happened in the last year. We may have heard all of the stories or none of them, we may have changed or stayed exactly the same, if our hair has just grown out or been dyed 5 different colors, if we gained the freshman 15 or can still fit in pants from senior year, if we had a 4.0 GPA or struggled to get B's, if we had the greatest year of our lives or the hardest.....we will always be friends and the love will always be there. love you girls forever and ever.
No comments:
Post a Comment