a precious friend

[juniper73]

i just spent a long time creating a card and feeling extraordinarily nostalgic tonight. but i really do miss that girl from around a dozen corners in dykstra, one with christmas lights and homemade orange peelers (did hammer ever hear about that?) and wearing winter hats. practicing kissing pillows (did pridge ever hear about that? and prayer groups and wanting to be friends with kim's friends. eating snow and how you bought me my own snow-cone maker. the word vend. calling you new navy. long lines for concerts. hawkinson cottage. ihop (not the restaurant). writing emails that we shouldn't have at our internships. time at van raalte (none of us could sing and then we got lost!) long drives together and slow gas pumps at 3 a.m. waterdeep concerts. how you stayed up so late to call me in spain on my birthday.. mini mannino's. how you lent me your suv. how you love to nap, too. how you were there when it all went down that summer after freshman year. zach attack. rollerblading to the beach. how you like the lights by peale. crock pot tuesdays and gilmore girls. late nights in lubbers. you bought me my own spanish-english bible. asp. that secret stairwell in gilmore. Jesus' blood never failed me yet.. i miss shrieking because i received a letter from you. we dreamed big dreams together while hardly knowing ourselves at all. but somehow we knew each other. maybe we have the same reflective heart.

sometimes i want that again. all of the craziness of everything, living. but you know what? i look forward to the future as well. because i think we're pretty darn good at writing letters. and i think we still understand each other in a way that some others can't. and even all of these miles can't take that away.

i love you so much, girl. i'll see you in a few days, and i can't wait.