The first time I saw Monica she was wearing a cute pair of designer jeans and I thought to myself "I need to meet her...she looks like someone I could be friends with". The ultimate act of judging a person by their looks...but I just had this feeling. Then I saw her again at swimming class and she was so sweet. We chatted about our little girls and about having just moved to La Grande a few months prior. We exchanged phone numbers and from that point on our friendship grew. We bonded over movie nights, playdates, shopping trips and dinners. We supported each other through everything. When Eric was deployed to Iraq Sophie & Monica became a part of our family. We spent as much time together as possible. Our girls quickly became best friends and whenever we are out together we are asked if they are sisters. For that matter Monica and I look like we could be sisters. Recently we even began to joke that we are like sister wives...raising our children together. The bond that Monica and I share is a special one...I believe we both came into each others lives when we needed someone the most. I can't picture life in La Grande without her. These past two years have been full of wonderful memories together. Saying goodbye wasn't really an option. We are to close of friends and friends don't say goodbye. Taylor & Sophie are the lucky ones. They don't fully understand the change that is happening...and I am just fine with that. They have spent the majority of their lives as best friends and that doesn't have to change. Thank God for texting, skyping and road trips. There will be more effort required to see each other...but it will always be worth it.
Thank you Monica and Sophie for blessing us with such a wonderful friendship. Taylor and I will both miss you so much and are truly heartbroken. We love you and are so happy that you will finally be back together as a family under one roof.
Here are some pictures of the girls growing up together over the past two years....
