Letter to My Girls

I love Girlfriends. If Joan, Toni, Maya, and Lynn appear on my TV guide, you better believe I'm watching. I treasure friendships and I enjoy when Hollywood depicts them genuinely (my favorite movie is The Wood). I like to see myself along with my friends in the characters, determine who would be who. Geeky I know, but I love it. Watching Girlfriends during my summer hiatus makes me a little sad though. As much as I love it, it's totally fictitious. Here are these 4 friends who are always together whether it be for lunch, happy hour, or just at the house. All women, except Lynn, have careers and Maya manages to always be around even with a husband and a kid. How in the world is that possible?! How does this make me sad? I'll tell you!
I miss my girlfriends! We are the same age as Akil's characters but we don't even kick it like that. Who would have thought that we'd go from being together constantly, partying together, taking road trips, meeting at IHOP weekly, living together, and talking daily to the lives we have today? I know... it's the natural progression of life. We have careers (very busy ones), distances, new friends, and significant others that keep us away. Our checkins consist of group texts here and there, traffic conversations, and planned brunch/lunch/dinners. I don't see how Joan and nem managed.
But anyway, all this leads me to say: I miss you.  Although days and weeks can go by without word, I think about you often. I think about our inside jokes and sayings. I think about what you would say if I needed some advice about anything. I think about our most fond memories. I thank you for being a wonderful girlfriend to me. A keeper of secrets, a voice of reasoning, a reader of bs, and a shield from shade. Yes we may bicker, but our foundation is strong. We foster new relationships with others, but there is none like you. Our relationship has meaning. I'm looking forward to our "The Wood" moments where we all meet up and reminisce about the past while looking boldly into the new phase of the future. You're forever my girlfriend. Oh...and I'm Toni by the way.

Love you like x-o,
Kayren