We were so little when we met! She was such a little tomboy, and so weird. A really fun person to play with, with a huge imagination! We would always pretend to be space cats or other kinds of small mythical creatures with tails, escaping from trolls and frolicking in the woods. We even went to camp together, art camp and nature camp.
I can't believe we stayed friends through so much...we didn't even go to the same middle school. We did go to high school together. There were so many good memories: vandalizing all sorts of things in Columbia, skipping class and drinking by the lake, getting arrested for breaking into the boathouse (ok that was not exactly a good memory), dying our hair, trying to start a band, wearing baggy jeans, flannel! Oh those were the days. Unfortunately she got into having older boyfriends and skipping school, to the point where she eventually dropped out. We remained friends even though I stuck with high school, and became friends with a completely different group of people that she didn't like. Then I remember when she first moved away, it was heartbreaking. She moved to Rhode Island, and then she basically never came back. After RI she moved to Boston, where I visited her once. She came home every so often and I would see her a little bit here and there, very rarely over the years, and then it was out to Seattle. But somehow we never lost touch. I always had a feeling we would be friends forever, even if we were far away, but I have thought that about other people that I have now given up on. I still feel that way about Moira, though. She has been a MAJOR character in my life story, from practically the beginning.
I just know this is going to be a good trip.
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