The mom in the house on the corner called to ask if I could watch her kids on an upcoming weekend night. "I was 13 and had just moved into a new house in a new neighborhood, and word apparently traveled that I was available for babysitting. We’re both very proud of each other for what we’ve achieved in life and with the help of technology like WhatsApp, we can be in communication all the time." - Camille W. We’ve lived in different countries for most of our adult lives but every time we see each other, we go back to giggling and we become like kids again. There’s a real loyalty between us, a very strong bond of protection and love that I see lasting for the rest of our lives. We still quote movies we were obsessed with as teenagers, still laugh about embarrassing crushes we had and we’ve been through some hard times together, deaths in families and illnesses. We grew up together and even though we are so different in personality, having that time together has bonded us for life. A key ingredient for our friendship was having so many memories together. She moved away to Asia when we were about 6 but we’d write to each other and always had very happy reunions over the years until she came back home when we were 11. "Lauren and I have been best friends since literally before I was born! Our mums are friends and when Lauren was born and my mum went to visit her at the hospital, my mum revealed she was pregnant with me! We’re still best friends to this day and that was 30 years ago. It's safe to say he will be a great uncle when my husband and I have children." - Jan-Kristòf L. In the end, respect, communication and honesty are the keys to our friendship. He eventually became one of my groomsmen when I got married. So many memories from our childhood were amplified during those years living together. 'Sheively then moved to New York and we got an apartment together.
We would go from heated arguments about different social issues to playing old Haitian songs from the '90s or talking about episodes of 'The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. There were times where some hurtful words were exchanged but we both knew it was to build each other up. What kept our friendship alive is the blunt honesty we always had with one another. Then MySpace actually brought us back together in our late high school/early college years where we reminisced about all the good times we had in Haiti. That's when we lost touch with one another. Then Sheively moved to Atlanta and I moved to New York.
She makes all of her own costumes and it is such a joy to watch her step into this new form of self-expression!" - Bronwyn Lundberg She is the most artistically talented person I know and is currently heating up Portland as one of the best new drag queens on the block. I believe people can have many soul mates and Marie is definitely one of mine. I moved around a lot and even though we’ve lived in different cities our entire lives, it’s always felt natural to stay connected.
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We learned how to keep in touch through writing an ongoing comic strip, sharing mix tapes (yes, tapes!), and scheduling internet hangouts on AIM. She taught me how to have fun without spending money, how to make art out of anything, what bands I should be listening to and a lot about queer culture. I didn’t live in the small northern California town where they did, so when I would leave my mom in Seattle to go visit them, it made it so much easier because Marie was there. "I met my best friend Marie over 24 years ago thanks to a playdate my dad and her mom arranged for us.
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