family comes in all forms

growing up my friends have been my family. every element that a family offers..my friends have brought it to the table and I feel so blessed to have my friends in my life because I have no idea where I would be without them. my two best friends I actually consider my sister and brother, but also my two guardian angels.

I met Lauren in 5th grade. It was the first day of school and she was the new kid in school. I saw her in after care wearing a black and white striped dress that adorned a plastic smiley face on the front. She had pig tails and glasses and the biggest smile you could imagine. I remember my group of friends telling me that Lauren was in their class and she seemed pretty cool. That night I went to the first girl scout meeting of the season and in comes Lauren..new to the town and new to our troop. That is when our friendship began.

Lauren is constantly smiling ( will be posting pictures to prove it in the next few days). Her nickname was Giggles in middle school for a reason. She is one of the most ambitious people. I remember every week getting a different call saying “Im going to do cheerleading!” ” I’m going to be an acrobat!” “I’m going to be a model!” “Im going to be a marine biologist!”. Well I am proud to say my best friend saves animals lifes everyday.

I met Matt in 11th grade..so alittle later in the game but he is my brother from another mother. I met him in math class where we just goofed off the whole time and copied each others papers..that class was really a joke. He was in the towns most popular band “Odd Man Out” and I became one of their biggest fans! With lyrics like “if it weren’t for french fries I would die” I was in the front row requesting the songs they hated to perform. But in all honesty I was a proud best friend watching Matt and his band perform on Regis and Kelly and taking off to play at CBGB before it closed in NYC. When Matt told me he was going to go to school to be a firefighter I just about puked..the thought scared me so much. Thankfully the first day of school he realized it wasn’t for him and attended Full Sail University quickly after to study music recording and engineering and is now working in Miami with Pharrell and awesome artists like him every day. So proud of him for following his dreams.

Matt is one of the most talented and intelligent people I know. He is the friend that will drop everything to be by your side as soon as possible. He is the brother that when I see I start punching and start fighting playfully. He is a creature of habit that sits in the same booth, gets the same drink, on the same day…but I love that in a way because I know where I can always find him and he will be there.

And this is me. I am who I am today because of these two angels! I love you guys!