The Chronicles of Nola...Darling

7.09.2010

Dear BF

30 Day Challenge- On this day you write a letter to:

Day 1 — Your best friend.

Best Friend,

we are amazing. even years we spent apart, growing up, our lives have parallelled phenomenally. Major relationships. Hair Trials. Discoveries. Careers. Unempolyment. Living on our own. Pets. Plans. Thoughts. i didn't think i'd find you. Being pretty much an only child and being "weird" it was the easiest to be friendly enough with friends and enjoy being alone even more.

2001. we're the black girls on our floor and the adventures we had together... wow. I was worried that I'd lose you when it was thought that i was after what you had. no no no. the drama surrounding that moment when all i wanted was peace and to survive freshmen year of college. I'm sorry i didn't tell you about his actions before. I thought they were silly things that boys did and since i knew what it was about I felt above it and felt the moment not worthy of mention.

You were my friend. throughout the many losses of that year. my dad, when all i did was sleep, eat grilled cheeses and avoid history class.

When i decided to leave Loyola I really thought i could trash everything that was apart of that experieence. I thought everything associated with the place was cursed. I thank you for staying even though you may have not known i wanted to push you and everything there, away.

Charon became a friend too... I think she may have wanted to cause a rift in our friendship by telling me hurtful things that were supposedly said, me being a man stealer and the like coming from you. I chose not to trust those words, because the way you still kept in contact with me. and again figured if there was ever a problem, issue or concern it will find its way to the surface... filter out who we would be for one another, whenever it needed to. There's a time and place for it all.

Years continue to pass... I don't think I saw you much during undergrad as we completed our paths.. talked, yes... did we see each other? Me no know...

Graduation happens for us both on different timelines... trips, jobs, etc later... we FINALLY reunite and hang in spurts. I love that beats weren't skipped. Again, that our lives were in tune while disjointed at the same time. You, my Ace Boon Coon(lol) gave me sanity when i took a plunge as you had done for love and made my big move to LA. you gave me the perspective i needed when you knew me better than some others in knowing that it wasn't time to be the cheerleader for a relationship that wasn't supposed to be "it." now, maybe it was because you were experiencing some of the same... but shit, your ears, thoughts, support and the like-empowered me.

so... here we be... you are indeed my best. we know each other well... when to be present. when to fall back. when we're too much, when we're too little and we need "our" time. Its fun to share our friendship and the cool we evoke... but that can also be sensory overload and too much work for us to deal with at times. and i love that we land on the same page ALL the time when it comes to that.

I thank you for accepting everything about me. my silly. my ignorant. my clever. my caring and inconsiderate. my funny. my smart. my "wild" my... me.

Look, I love you and i hadn't planned on this being so long... but meh... read in spurts.

one decade down... uhm lets see how many decades we got in us before the big bye bye :)

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30 Day Challenge

So from this tumblr... and someone on twitter... i was intrigued.

30 Day Challenge. Letters from the heart. You can either send it to them (anonymously or with your name) or keep them to yourself. On this day you write a letter to:

Day 1 — Your best friend.
Day 2 — Your crush.
Day 3 — Your parents.
Day 4 — Your sibling (or closest relative)
Day 5 — Your dreams.
Day 6 — A stranger.
Day 7 — Your Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/love/crush.
Day 8 — Your favorite internet friend.
Day 9 — Someone you wish you could meet.
Day 10 — Someone you don’t talk to as much as you’d like to.
Day 11 — A Deceased person you wish you could talk to.
Day 12 — The person you hate most/caused you a lot of pain.
Day 13 — Someone you wish could forgive you.
Day 14 — Someone you’ve drifted away from.
Day 15 — The person you miss the most.
Day 16 — Someone that’s not in your state/country.
Day 17 — Someone from your childhood.
Day 18 — The person that you wish you could be.
Day 19 — Someone that pesters your mind—good or bad.
Day 20 — The one that broke your heart the hardest.
Day 21 — Someone you judged by their first impression.
Day 22 — Someone you want to give a second chance to.
Day 23 — The last person you kissed.
Day 24 — The person that gave you your favorite memory.
Day 25 — The person you know that is going through the worst of times.
Day 26 — The last person you made a pinky promise to.
Day 27 — The friendliest person you knew for only one day.
Day 28 — Someone that changed your life.
Day 29 — The person that you want tell everything to, but too afraid to.
Day 30 — Your reflection in the mirror.

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Join in!!!

i've been writing letters lately to someone special... why not write even more? you get more blogs... i get more practice...uhm wins for everybody?