Monday, March 11, 2024
My Sweet Loe, or my favorite name for you, Lubaruba Buballubard. You were my most beautiful friend. On the outside of course, with your lovely smile, and tan skin. In the summer when you were extra tan, I would even say you were crusty, in the best way :) . But what really put you over the top was the inward beauty – you were fun, compassionate, confident, humble and, most important, a friend at all times.
You are my forever friend. Many of my first and best memories include you. When we were young there were countless sleepovers, where we felt so accomplished that we stayed up “all night” (when actually it was just to midnight). It was here that we made colorful ice cubes and night and enjoyed rolled up pancakes in the morning. We grew up a bit and would create the best dance routines to Spice Girls songs and spent time goofing off with our karaoke machines, making commercials about our favorite – cha cha cha chia pets. You never abandoned me, even during my awkward years. We had a lot of laughs looking back at when I had a perm!
There were many other good friends that came into our lives along the way, and they now share many of the memories I have with you. As we hit our teenage years we went to school dances, youth group trips, countless Spring Hill pranks and shenanigans. There are just too many to list out, but they play like a highlight reel in my mind. Becoming an adult just isn’t as much fun, but we were together in that phase as well. Weddings, babies, giving my girls their first haircuts, girls nights that allowed us all to feel young again!
As I look back, I realize that all we needed for a good time was each other. There are so many laughs and memories from just being together. It was on the church bus, in lines at Cedar Point, late night conversations, Meijer parking lots, sharing rides in our sweet vans, or all the other countless places we found ourselves! I am so thankful that we had so many years to make those memories together. I am clinging to them now.
You are too much a part of my past, to not leave a hole in my future.
It is my hope and prayer that my girls will be as lucky to have a friend like you. I’ll raise them right and your memory will live on as I share with them the fun we had growing up.
You were so loved and now so missed. I’ll see you again, we are in fact, still forever friends.!
