My best friend is leaving. Leaving....and it's so surreal.
Sloane Gerritzen is one of the most amazing women I have ever met and I believe will ever meet. She is my soulmate sister and truest friend. I sit here typing this blog as tears well in my eyes as I think of all that we have done for each other and all we have been through together....and now, she is getting the opportunity to share that with others. As Sloane is entering into this new part of her life I please ask for your positive prayers, thoughts, and wishes as she travels to Korea to teach....I ask for prayers of not only strength but for her safety and belief in herself.
She is making such a huge leap in her life as she boards that plane tomorrow...and I'm crying because I am so incredibly selfishly upset that I won't be able to call her when I'm crying or laugh with her with I seem to be the only one laughing. I am crying because I want to be able to pick up the phone and send her a text whenever I wish and yet she is courageously traveling to another country in which she will be touching lives of countless children....I think about it and am completely ashamed with myself....how self centered can I be....but then I have to remember that it is okay to care so strongly about someone who has made such an intense impact on your life...and then I just smile at how incredibly lucky I am to call her my sister.
Most importantly I want her to know how proud I am of her and how many countless times I start to ramble about...my best friend this and my best friend that. Sloane, please know this: you are an inspiration to me, as you will now be for so many others.
I love you Sloane
2 comments:
I shouldn't be as wowed by now but you STILL continue to blow me away. I cannot thank you enough, and I cannot show you enough how thankful I am for you. I love you to the moon and back, sis :)
July 15, 2011 at 1:02 PMThanks baby girl....I can't seem to stop the tears. I don't think I expected to be missing you so strongly even before you left...
July 15, 2011 at 1:19 PMPost a Comment