TheRealLJIdol - Week 18 - Intersection - Location, Location, Location

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This is Part 2 of my intersection with rswndrlst Here is the link to her entry which is Part 1

...When Friendship Means So Much

You were there for me in my darkest hours, Bella...

We met when we were two years old.  In a small town in New Jersey.  In a dance class that we had to fight to get in to.  But we were both thereYou moved away, but we found

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[i_17bingo]

This is really powerful stuff. With the exception of my wife, I haven't had a friend who was there so profoundly. This is really wonderful.

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Thank you so much. It was a little hard to write only because I am a weirdly private person, but having rswndrlst as my partner this round gave me the courage to open up a bit more about my life. I definitely consider her a sister and am so thankful to have had the privilege of having her in my life for so many years. She read a poem at my wedding and my husband and I felt so blessed to have such an incredible friend there with us. <3

[rayaso]

Especially since you are a private person, it took a lot of courage to open up like this. Bipolar can't have made your life easy, especially with the rape. Being able to be so committed to a friend is wonderful. I loved the line "We have a friendship with two people walking perpendicular to each other" -- it's a very striking image.

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Thank you so very much. <3 Over the years I have watched so many people walk out of my life that I have a tendency to "hide" a bit now, but your positive words made this "crazy" girl SMILE!! :D
rswndrlst has been through so much herself which makes all of the times she has been thee for me (to hold me up, to encourage me and especially not judge me) a blessing. <3 She is my Bella!! <3

[beeker121]

This lovely and profound and such a wonderful tribute to a friendship that I think all of us wish we could have. Thank you for sharing it.

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Thank you for your wonderful comment!! I was really nervous about being this open and honest, but comments like this make me feel like I can share a bit more of who I am. <3 I am very blessed to have rswndrlst as my friend and Soul Sister!! <3

[shadowwolf13]

Beautiful!

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Thank you so much!! <3

[halfshellvenus]

This was such a vivid and unusual portrait of friendship, and it fit so well with the other piece. Two unconventional people who each 'click' with the other, even when it seems impossible that there could ever be such a friend or that the friendship could last. Ii could easily believe that this person WAS the Layla in the other story, even though I suspect these are parallel stories of different relationships that have that same bond.

Much like this line, which I loved:
<>.We have a friendship with two people walking perpendicular to each other, but somehow, against all odds, staying side by side.

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Thank you so much!! I feel like rswndrlst and I are both really stubborn when it comes to the odds being against us... If the world tells us that a friendship like ours seems impossible, we say, "Try us!!" <3

And I am indeed the Layla from the other story!! Just like rswndrlst is my Bella!! ;)