Soul Mates

If there’s one thing in life that you can’t go wrong with… it’s a best friend. Like a really solid friend. The kind that finishes your sentences and makes you pee your pants from laughter. I have been blessed with some pretty wonderful friends in my 21 years of life, but I have found a true soul mate in my dear friend Jessica.

Like any two humans in a relationship of some sort, we have had our tough times. But even in times of deep high school drama, we knew that the friendship was worth fighting for. Six years later I can assure you that any effort that I’ve put into this friendship, has blessed me tenfold as Jess returns the love.

I lived with J for two of our three years at California Baptist University and I can honestly say that we grew closer on a daily basis. We can sense each other’s moods without even being in the same room. We can talk for hours. We can be silent for hours. A simple glance and I know the thousands of things that she’s dying to say.

Soul mate isn’t commonly used among friends, but this woman is truly my soul sister. She reveals the deepest parts of me in a way that is both convicting and rejuvenating. She reminds me that it’s okay to laugh even when things are honestly crappy. But she also provides a safe place to cry for no reason at all.

I like the way that the author of Eat Pray & Love puts it:

“…A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that’s holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake”

Lets just say I’ve been awakened. I am thankful for every moment we share, whether it’s spending time in prayer before our Lord or singing our hearts out in the car on the way to Del Taco at midnight J

She’s the Skeeter to my Doug

The Gerald to my Arnold

The Daggett to my Norbert Beaver

The Miranda to my Lizzy

The Pokey to my Gumby

You get it……

She’s my bestie.