(piano) kelli, kelli, kelli, kelli...
Last week I got an email from my old friend, Kelli Beane (now Marovish), who has apparently been reading my blog for awhile now and finally decided to email/say hello after seeing my post about making cupcakes (and my reminiscing about making brownie mix w/ her & us practically eating it ALL :). I was so surprised to hear from her! And in my email back to her I told her it was all I could do to leave out the fact that it was often accompanied by us watching Beaches over & over & over and bawling our eyes out. :p hahaa There it is people! heh... I'm sure we weren't the only girls in the world doing that in '89.So, since the last time we talked/saw eachother (uhh, I have no idea when... '97 maybe?), she has gotten married and had a baby! oh my! (Kelli, I hope you don't mind me spilling this on here :) just tell me if so & I'll take it down). I'm really happy for her & am absolutely blown away hearing all about the life changes she's gone through.
Kelli & I were absolutely inseparable best friends from 8th grade through our senior year, and although we had some bumpy times during those 5 years, it got REALLY bumpy after HS, to the tune of us not talking anymore. But whatever happened during those years, I say bygones... as may we all forgive and forget what we did through some of those crazy years. Plus, I don't even know who the woman is these days - several years later - and nor her I... all we know is that we used to care about eachother very much and I think we always thought we'd be a part of all these major life changes (that she's going through: marriage, baby) together. Funny how our lives take us down different paths than we think they will! So, it's been very, very cool this last week to reconnect with her and learn about where her life is now, as she has had *quite* the advantage as far as keeping up on my life! :p
For a long time the bitterness I had about losing her friendship, made me not want to give credit to what we had... but honestly, our friendship was one that I think I have always subconsciously held all of my girlfriend relationships up to. We were the BEST of friends.. absolutely inseparable "Willo and Kelli/Kelli and Willo", and the memories of all the crazy times we had together are still held very dear in my heart. Everything from our first concerts, first loves, first cars, first times trying smoking, drinking and drugs (shh!). Learning how to snowboard when we were 12, taking road trips, throwing parties while her parents were out of town, playing Super Mario Bros until the wee hours of the morning... :) I often liken our friendship to that of a 'relationship' in terms of the intensity of our love for eachother. And how, consequently, we had our hearts broken a few times during the rollercoaster ride through our tumultuous teen years (often followed by one of us coming back crying, realizing we couldn't be apart and then becoming best friends again). But, despite all the tough times, I will never forget how close we were for awhile and how much we shared during those incredibly tender years of figuring out who the hell we were.
I'm very glad you (finally) emailed to say hi, Kelli. Although I'm not quite sure our friendship will ever be where it once was, I'm very glad to at least be caught up with where you are in your life, see photos of your little family, and know you're out there supporting me right back... just like we always thought we would be. xoxo
