My Bestie
We met in 1997. I was fresh out of college, a brand new teacher. We bonded one evening in her classroom when we found out we had more in common than we knew. We were both the youngest, had two sisters, short dads who worked their butts off to provide for their families and so many more things, too many to list. She has been by my side through thick and thin, happy and sad, joy and tragedy. She has seen me laugh hysterically and she is one, of the very few, that has seen me break down and cry the ugly cry. I love her more than I can describe. For lack of better words, she is my other half, my missing piece and even though our lives have kept us busy and we don't get to spend as much time with each other, sometimes just hearing her voice, her "I know sweetie, I know" is all I need. We've had the pleasure of working at two different schools together, on the same team and dangerously, in the same hall. She has rushed into my classroom to find out who sent