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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
my girls
i usually pick on one friend for a whole entry but today is different. you see, it's different because when it comes to the four of us, i can't talk about one without the other. our friendship is whole. our memories weave together. our laughs sing together. our phone calls follow one another. at times we go weeks without talking, but my heart hurts from the distance. these are the girls who refresh me. i need them. i need their fun. i need their honesty. i need their encouragement and wisdom. i need to hear them smile so that i know they are happy. i need to hear them cry so that i know they are growing. i need to hear them complain so that i know they are human. i need them because they are my girls.
my girls...haley, kelly, and shannon. we all pledged alpha delta pi at uga in the fall of '98. but i have to admit, pick any day our freshman year: bid day, initiaiton, saturday tailgating, thursday night downtown, sunday sleeping and studying...not on any one of these days did i know that these three girls would be the ones that make me smile until my cheeks hurt. at the end of our freshman year we quickly found out that we had to live together in the "pink room." now at the adpi house there are four 6-girl rooms and if you HAVE to live in a room with five other girls, you definitely don't want to be in the pink room. but there we were. and instantly, we learned the rules to live by: 1) don't talk to haley for 1 hour after she wakes up 2) if you can't find shannon call jacob, britt, blake or zack 3) kelly has allergies, never misses class, and is ALWAYS sweet 3) if you want to stop hearing whitney's alarm go off, you have to wake her up yourself 4) if you are missing your clothes, look in shannon's closet. if they are not there, call jacob, britt, blake or zack, they might know where to find them 5) kelly talks to mrs. gail everyday at 7 in the morning 6) haley and colin fight and make-up, fight and make-up 7) if you cannot find whitney, she's in birmingham 8) watching the golden girls occurs every afternoon and must be attended 9) dancing to n'sync occurs every night after the goldern girls 10) if someone is having a bad day, fred's sweet tea can cure anything!
eventhough we have gotten a little older, we still are the same girls with the same rules. a few weeks ago i got to see one of my girls tye the knot. the wedding was in athens, where it all began. when i go back to athens, it's always fun. but on that weekend, it was home. we were all there, together, and the only agenda was to stand up for haley and be with her on her day...but somehow it felt like my day. i haven't smiled that big, laughed that hard, or been more proud in my whole life. i was with my girls. i was home.
my girls...haley, kelly, and shannon. we all pledged alpha delta pi at uga in the fall of '98. but i have to admit, pick any day our freshman year: bid day, initiaiton, saturday tailgating, thursday night downtown, sunday sleeping and studying...not on any one of these days did i know that these three girls would be the ones that make me smile until my cheeks hurt. at the end of our freshman year we quickly found out that we had to live together in the "pink room." now at the adpi house there are four 6-girl rooms and if you HAVE to live in a room with five other girls, you definitely don't want to be in the pink room. but there we were. and instantly, we learned the rules to live by: 1) don't talk to haley for 1 hour after she wakes up 2) if you can't find shannon call jacob, britt, blake or zack 3) kelly has allergies, never misses class, and is ALWAYS sweet 3) if you want to stop hearing whitney's alarm go off, you have to wake her up yourself 4) if you are missing your clothes, look in shannon's closet. if they are not there, call jacob, britt, blake or zack, they might know where to find them 5) kelly talks to mrs. gail everyday at 7 in the morning 6) haley and colin fight and make-up, fight and make-up 7) if you cannot find whitney, she's in birmingham 8) watching the golden girls occurs every afternoon and must be attended 9) dancing to n'sync occurs every night after the goldern girls 10) if someone is having a bad day, fred's sweet tea can cure anything!
eventhough we have gotten a little older, we still are the same girls with the same rules. a few weeks ago i got to see one of my girls tye the knot. the wedding was in athens, where it all began. when i go back to athens, it's always fun. but on that weekend, it was home. we were all there, together, and the only agenda was to stand up for haley and be with her on her day...but somehow it felt like my day. i haven't smiled that big, laughed that hard, or been more proud in my whole life. i was with my girls. i was home.
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