Desperate Delaware

I have a friend, an unsuspected friend... we are not 2 peas in a pod nor are we inseparable, as we have not seen or nearly talked to each other for over 10 years until 6 months ago. It seems as though we are a million miles apart in lives and worlds. It gives me a perspective how different every person is and how they choose to live their lives or even as much only know how to live their lives from what they were taught, brought up around and grew up in. I only know brief stories of my friend but she is still my friend and a person worth being a friend.

1o years ago I wrote a letter home from Alabama, in Boot Camp... The letter was to my parents and I was in my first week of Boot Camp, I was having a rough time adjusting and I wanted to describe in great details to my parents the things I was going through. The Letter explained that we are each assigned a "Battle Buddy" someone we train with, and do everything with to teach us to work as a team and rely on others... My "Battle Buddy" arrived. I felt doom come over me as I eyeballed her up and down and it wasn't a long way up as my descriptive words in this letter to my parents were pretty right on...."She is short, fat and I want to punch her" I knew the moment I saw her that she was the weaker link and for that, my days in Boot Camp were going to be hell. I was a city girl, she was a farm girl...there wasn't a more opposite pair. Funny how 6 months of training can make a person grow on you.

She is a friend more in my thoughts than most others, she left an unsuspecting mark on me that has changed the way I see people. 10 years ago I judged her for her appearance and where she was from, today She is the strongest, funniest and most spirited person I know.

So to the woman who changed my life, who sends me a text message every day checking up on me and who always keeps things interesting you are one amazing person and you will always have a friend way over on the other side of the states. Hang in there for what life hands to you, may god bless you for the things you do for others and continue to live and love life for what it is.