I ran across this meme (created by Cricket from Cricket’s Hearth) a week or so ago. I am uncertain how I stumbled upon it, but I really liked it…so of course I ‘bookmarked’ it for a ‘another’ day. Although ‘another’ day has evolved into Monday and not Sunday, I feel certain you will enjoy participating in this fun little meme.

Slice of Life Sunday is a meme dedicated to preserving the accounts of events cut out of the lives of average people just like you and me from all over the world. This week’s prompts are: How I Met My Best Friend, Illness of a Child, and Family Reunion.

I have chosen to share with you How I Met My Best Friend - my husband and also my female best friend. As many of you know, my first blog was The Whippoorwill Chronicles. While writing this blog, I always participated in the Christian Women Online meme ‘In Other Words’. This is a meme in which a quote is chosen and you write a post that reflects what the quote meant to you. The following is a two part post as originally written in The Whippoorwill Chronicles.

“A husband is a guy who tells you when you’ve got on too much lipstick and helps you with your girdle when your hips stick.”

~Ogden Nash ~

Picture if you will a small country and western tavern somewhere east of the Mississippi, a girl crying her heart out over a client that had died and a boy learning to line dance in a Pink Izod shirt, khaki Docker shorts and boat shoes. My first inclination would be to question…which one of these things doesn’t look like the other???? Funny how you end up somewhere you never pictured yourself and it sets you on a journey that will change your life forever.

That was the beginning of how a girl who was a little bit country met a boy who was a whole lotta rock and roll. He made her laugh in the midst of her tears. He gave her hope in the darkness. And still does.

However, not only is a husband the one who tells you when you’ve got on too much lipstick and helps you with your girdle when your hips stick, but so does your best friend. Allow me to introduce you to mine.

I met this wonderful person in Biology 101. The professor was trying to enlighten our young minds about when life began, In between yawns she slipped me a note stating “Life begins after college.”…and so the years of laughter began.

As with any marriage friendship, we have had our ups and downs and our sideways with various circumstances in our respective lives. When I felt that everyone else was wrong, she would tell me I was right. When I felt that that everyone else was right, she would tell me I was wrong. When I said I felt ugly, she would tell me I was gorgeous. When I struggled, she would struggle to understand even when she couldn’t. When I stumbled she fell with me so I wouldn’t feel alone. When I celebrated, she celebrated double triple. When I hadsecrets she would reply “What secrets?”. When I thought too much of myself, sehe would say”Hey, remember me?”.

Yes, I remember, I remember that I never had a best friend until her. I remember that I never shared myself with anyone until her. I remember that it’s not always about me, because she knows she can remind me so I will remember.

We haven’t lived near each other in almost two decades, but we are only a breath away. And although she wouldn’t let me go to a party with too much lipstick on, she would make sure I went to the party.

I think a lot about my best friend. We are experiencing a ‘down’ in our friendship at present. We have grown apart through time and distance and different life experiences. It has been difficult, for me, to find common ground. This has been hard for my friend to understand. Perhaps this is where age difference plays a part. I am uncertain. What I am certain of is that she is still my BFF.

If you click on over to Daily Photo you will get a ‘2 for 1′ today…photos of my two best friends.

You can read more about the idea behind Slice of Life Sunday here.

Enjoy.

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