~ Bonds that Can't be Broken ~

"Sometimes in life there really are bonds formed that can never be broken. Sometimes you really can find that one person who will stand by you no matter what; maybe you’ll find it in a spouse and celebrate it with your dream wedding, but there is also the chance that the one person you can count on for a lifetime, the one person who knows you, sometimes better than you know yourself, is the same person who's been standing beside you all along."

I watched Bride Wars (for the 1000th time) this weekend and for the first time, I really paid attention to this quote said at the end.  There was the montage of both brides smiling and hugging and it hit me...  Who is that person or those people that have been standing beside you all along and there is a bond that can't ever be broken.  You can find this bond in a spouse but even that bond can be tested and broken but it's that bond with a best friend or best friends that despite life and tests, you can always pick up right where you left off and say, "Girl let me tell you!" ;o)

Through life you have friends, close friends, best friends, and friends that are really enemies.  The distinguishing between each group can be a hazy line.  However, there is always that group and that line that is distinguished and prominent.   It goes beyond best friends, it is a hand holding, shoulder crying, i hate you and you hate me, okay we are fine now let's go get Starbucks, plotting and scheming, laughing at only inside jokes you know, no word conversations but knowing exactly what is being said, finishing a statement or thought you or her began, try this drink, yuck you try THIS drink, try this dessert, YUM give me that dessert!, and they complete you (especially when they give you their dessert hehe).  There are porch nights, balcony nights, road trips that are supposed to be 4 hours but turn into 8 because of the 1000 picture stops and a giant peach butt, rose bushes at midnight, 007 with a car door open and lights on, start in Alabama and end up in Florida and not sure where the wrong turn occured, dancing, matching outfits, DJ booths, late night Cane Run's, Mexican food, Star Spangled Banner, State Trooper, Median on the Interstate, spray tan, and the infamous, "What did we do? Wait we did that!  OMGosh that was so fun!" mornings.

It's been my experience people and even something as petty as pageants will come in between friends that have known each other for years.  However, with the friends that are truly friends will somehow reconnect again and it's like none of the bad has ever happened.  You can have the worst fight imaginable and with one phone call, the hurt, the stinging words, the anger goes away and you are planning a shopping excursion with margaritas and food with the closest person or people that know you better than you know yourself. 

I don't have a sister but I consider a few people in this world that I would consider my closest thing to it.  Fate brought us together but God made us sisters at heart.  I can turn to them at my lowest moment and my greatest moment.  Doesn't matter if we are fighting or getting along, I can pick up the phone and say, "O M G!"  These women are the extended family that lend an ear and at times a hug.  As in Bride Wars, they are they are the person that has been standing by you all along.  We are mom's, we are heroes, but we are friends, we are best friends.  We like to have conversations outside of what's for dinner, where's your shoes, we need milk, or the many conversations that revolve our mommy status.  We all have that need to have talks about Victor leaving Nikki on Young and the Restless, my hair is a mess and I need help who do you recommend, I need a margarita with chips and salsa, or I just need someone to listen.  Someone to not say a word and let you cry, laugh, scream, sit in silence, plot revenge with you, sit on the side of you and say, "Let's do that again!", and just be there.  If you have this person or people that can be there for you like this, you are blessed.....  We are blessed....