Happy Birthday to the best friend a girl could ever ask for!!
Meet Staci, my best friend. Have I ever told you our story? Staci and I met waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy back at Frank Borman Elementary School (you know, in the dark ages). She is a year older than I am, that’s important for you to know. I AM YOUNGER. Anyway, we were mere acquaintances back in elementary school and junior high, but when we reached high school and had a class together we became inseparable, going to school, working together at Godfather’s Pizza and hanging out in our spare time. A few months after high school graduation Staci moved to California to live with her mom. We kept in touch for a while, but then she moved and forgot all about me. She never wrote anymore, (I mean we had to write with pen and paper as email had not caught on yet) and we lost touch. (Totally all her fault) Years went by and I would think about Staci often, wondering where she was and what she was doing. Several times I tried to find her, but it never worked out in my favor. I thought she was lost forever.
Fast forward to earl 1994: I started working for Maritz Travel Company, Apple Computer was our contract.
Rewind to 1987-1988: Staci worked for Apple Computer for a long time during HS and after. Prior to 1994 Staci and I had both lived in many different cities and states.
Fast forward again, back to 1994. When I started working for MTC, I was working on email and thought I saw Staci’s name on the contact list, I was busy at the time and thought I would go back to it later. I forgot for a few weeks, and when I went back to check it out, I could not find her name. Now, it is November or December 1994, I was in the cafeteria at Apple having a nice little lunch when I saw a familiar face across the room……you guessed it, it was my good friend Staci! I couldn’t believe it; I jumped from my seat, started running towards her, yelling her name with my arms open wide ready to embrace her. She looked like a deer in headlights as this freakishly gorgeous woman (her words, not mine J ) started running towards her. Once she realized it was not a crazy woman about to attack her, she was thrilled to see me. As it turns out, the name I saw on email was her name, but before I returned to check it out, she had gotten married and had changed her name.
Now almost 14 years since our reunion at Apple Computer we are still best friends. We have both moved numerous times, but have managed to keep our friendship in tact. Many times over those 14 years we have lived just a few hours apart (no, her hubby is not military). Staci is a best friend anyone would love to have. Staci, thanks for always being there for me. The past couple of years, you were my one constant. You put up with me during the hardest time of my life (when Hubby was in Iraq for 15 months). You let me and the kids live with you for the summer, you took care of my children when I needed a break, you cared for me when I was sick, you were there for me when I didn’t feel like I could take one more day of Hubby being in a war zone. You took my little boys when I had to make an emergency trip to Colorado while Hubby was in Iraq, not only did you take them you drove over 2 hours to get them. Thank you for that. Thank you for being you, the best friend I could ever ask for.
Top things I miss about Staci……
· Talking on the phone with 3, 4, sometimes 5 times a day
· Going shopping
· Spending weekends together
· Having a scrap booking partner
· Going shopping with her
· Chick-fila
· Bushes chicken
· Going shopping with her
· Talking late into the night
· Playing games
· Going shopping with her
· Cooking with her
· Drinking basil lime martini’s with her
· ROAD TRIPS!!
· And did I mention I miss GOING SHOPPING with her?!
HAPPY 40th Birthday!
I love and miss you!
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