The Childhood Bestfriend

Have you ever wondered who you'd pass in 5, 10, maybe even 20 years from your "wonder years", when your walking down a random street after you've moved to a far off place? I have, but little did I know that Saturday night one of those moments was about to hit me in my young age. I was at "gallery hop" downtown with a friend, it's a trendy Columbus event that happens on the first Saturday night of every month, where all the art galleries open up their doors for locals to view and admire the art. I was having a great time and then while I was passing by a CD 101 booth I saw a familiar face. At first I glanced, I didn't want to stare...I wasn't sure if it was who I thought it was so I glanced back twice...yet, kept walking. I got half way down the street, turned around a third time and saw a smiling face waving back at me. So I turned around and it dawned on me- this was my childhood best friend- the one that I thought I'd never see after high school. The girl that was full of ambition and a love for Chicago, and wanted nothing to do with high school or the rest of the people in it. The girl that I sat next to on the bus to kindergarten and had every class with until high school. As I stood in front of the CD booth talking to her for a few minutes we agreed that we should hangout and we did tonight.

I can honestly say, it was one of the funnest nights of my life. We talked for 3 1/2 hours and reflected about how we'd get in trouble in elementary school for the dumbest things. Not to mention, how life has been for us the past 3 years and what we want the future to look like. It was so surreal to sit in front of someone that I knew so much about for 13 years, but knew hardly anything about the past 3 years of their life. I feel entirely blessed that ours paths have met again, especially this summer. It's incredible too because because we're finding ourselves in a lot of the same places, once again.