My Memories of Julie D.

I didn't imagine that the first Facebook post that my eyes made contact with this morning would be about my very own Julie. True to my word I'm blogging about the memories of the first person on my Facebook news feed. (Congrats my beets!) For those who don't know Julie and I are tight friends, the best of and the closest. Its the kind of friendship that isn't demanding, isn't jealous and doesn't need validation. It works because it flows.
My very first memory of Julie was the day I met her. Its not often that I can recall first time meetings with friends but she is an exceptional girl so it makes sense :P

So there I was standing in my then boyfriends home. His friend whom I had lived with in a digs had brought Julie to meet us both. Joking around I smacked him on the stomach telling him that he was getting fat. Julie didn't approve. In fact her distaste due to my abrupt actions found her pulling me by my arm and locking us in the nearest bathroom. She just wanted to let me know how much she didn't like me. 'You're bigger than you are', she scowled. 'You're just very intimidating'.

Stuck in a locked bathroom with nothing else to say to this new face I responded with a confused reply to her comment, 'Intimidating? Me? I'm only 5 foot 2", I gasped. She may tell you a different version but that's how I recall it. Straight to the point and a little scary. That was almost 7 years ago, maybe even longer and while we joke about it now as a treasured memory, I'm not gonna lie when I say I was afraid!

Throughout the years we've had many laughs, shared tears, fears and even lost contact for a bit while we both grew only to find ourselves deeper entwined in each others lives. At her wedding, through her pregnancy with her precious daughter and the various milestones including personal highs and lows, dear Julie has always been there. Spoiling me with love, gifts, and a real friendship that distance and time hasn't managed to taint. There is no judgement, she just gets me.

My favourite memory of them all is this picture below. When I forwarded this to Julie I just knew she was going to flip out and react the same way I did. We must have laughed at this picture for 2 hours straight! It always brings a smile to my face and a glow to my heart:

So here we are years later and still the best of friends. Julie will always know when to call me. She'll bring me a gift out of the blue, she'll share the Universes love through an inspirational message or forward me her deepest thoughts for my reflection. We're not really friends, we're family.