My Annie

Today my best friend Anne is moving to New York. There is a big part of me that actually does not want to even face this reality. Even though we are far from seeing each other every day I just hate that I can't just drive down to her old place and maybe run out for some coffee (or boba!). Anne and her husband are both doctors and her husband got placed for his next residency in Long Island-and Anne will be having her first baby-a boy named Aidan James-this July! What a crazy time for them, but I know they will manage to get through it all just fine! The good news is since Anne will be taking time off and so we'll have much more time to chat on the phone and maybe if I get with the current times, Skype each other as well! :)

I have to say that I've been very blessed with amazing friendships and people around me. What I do lack in life are siblings, but God was incredibly redeeming in giving me friendships to make up for it. Annie is one of those people who filled a very big void in my life. She is one of the kindest people I know. I thank God that I met her right when I started high school. Who knew that a girl who grew up in the Philippines-a girl who started off by helping me with math homework-and myself would have so much in common?! But we did-we always bonded over A LOT of laughter, spending full days of school and weekends together doing our pageantry competitions, and so many deep conversations about anything or any stage we were going through in life. And now we are both going to be mothers-yet somehow when we get together I know we still act like silly and giddy fourteen year old girls. That's incredibly special!

I'm going to miss my girl so much but I'm taking this one year at a time! Now I have an excuse to finally visit New York! :)