My best friend...

So, okay. This is my first blog and I'm so new at this thing it freaks me out! I want to write a little and let my best friend know how much she is appreciated! Now that I have known Laura for about 21 years, I am very comfortable saying that she is my right hand (well if my right hand lived in Denton). She is truly that one that you call your soulmate. Don't get me wrong, I love my husband for everything that he is - but Laura (Ellay, La, Elsie, LornaDoone, some call her Loo)- she was my first love. I called her my best friend at four, and that has and will never change! We have been through way to much for anything to even chance our relationship. I love that when we were about first graders we promised one another that no matter what the problem was, there was nothing too big to come in between us. We thought we had it all figured out. We saw so many friendships go to waste. People who took one another for granted and shot their friendship over something so petty. I have so many wonderful friends that deserve to be called best (because they are)...but this girl has my heart. She was there from the time my daddy passed away, to the time I got my first kitten. She was my run-away partner, and the only one I would color my face with red lipstick and pretend to be a strawberry for. I look back on the times that we loved to pretend to cook and how many mud-pies we served up! That is my new theory on why you and I both do not like to cook. We did it way too much as children. What is that...we didn't even have time to learn to cook from our mothers. We were too enthralled with one another. I think that I secretly envisioned you leaving me. I just knew you were too good to be true! I always wished for a sister, and suddenly you were placed into my life and I never wanted to leave your side. It really is fate that our paths crossed at the time they did. I can't tell you that we would have even liked one another had we met 10 years later. I am who I am because of you. We taught one another how to be so compassionate and aware. gosh, So many girlfriends we had. And every that one became close to you, they had to get approval by me. I wasn't losing MY best friend. And now, that you are off on your own - I have this sense of security. For some reason I know I won't lose you. I want to share you with as many people that want to be friends with you! They deserve to have some Laura in their lives. Everyone needs your happy spirit to brighten their day. That is the same spirit that I have always known and loved. I am so happy that you moved to a big place and you spread out and have discovered yourself! We discovered our passion for photography so early in life. Haha, one of our first photoshoots - We were in your bathroom on 34th and I had an old 10mm camera. We did the shoot in your bathroom and I was so mad when we realized it had no film! Pictures capture the moment; they capture everything wonderful about that moment that you never want to forget. Everyone deserves to think that their happiest times can be frozen...and photographs have always done that for you and I. We sure have come far from then! We were such young tikes wanting to live so large, haha! We then took four years of photography from a man who will always be so dear to both of us! He loved us so much that he went to great lengths our last two years of high school to form special classes in which we were his only photographers! I think he saw our hearts and how much potential we had! He always challenged us, and we had senioritis bad. We didn't want to give it our all like we could have. I do miss that! I think photography takes me back to you; that is why I would never do this with anyone else. Your vision is so focused and true. I can't wait to add to this venture with you. It will only bring us closer in due time. We both still have an abundance of potential! There is so much we would get with a degree in the art, but we both went with our love for children. That's okay...we will get our fill soon and it will be very much worth the wait! The children that you will be mentoring are in for the time of their lives! What a way to relive your childhood (through others kiddos, haha)! You are so great with children Laura - you bond with them so well and are truly mothering...these are who you photograph best, in my opinion. I cannot wait to see what your future photo fate holds with your new DSLR. You are an inspiration my love! My cousin sure is lucky to have caught you in his bag. I just wish he would hurry and make a move so that I can officially call you family! I love you Laura.

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