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I met my best friend when I lived in Colorado. We waitressed/bartended together. While we weren’t sure of each other at first, one night we were forced to work together behind the bar at the same time. It was cramped and we had to work as a team for everything to run smoothly. By the end of the night, we were already on our way to becoming the best of friends. Now, I can’t imagine my life without her. She’s a beautiful, hilarious spitfire, loyal to her family and friends.
It was hard leaving her to move back to Minnesota. We went from spending every weekend together, hiking, shopping, watching movies, going to beaches, and tons of sleepovers, to just seeing each other once or twice a year. The year that I moved home was also the year I got married. I, of course, asked her to be my maid of honor. Nathan and I were married on a cruise ship, which meant we were able to hang out with all of our friends and family for an entire week!
She threw my bachelorette party in Denver, CO, which was super fun. She went above and beyond for everything.
When it came time for her to get married shortly after, she asked me to be in her wedding. I was ecstatic! She has a twin sister, whom she asked to be her maid of honor. That worked out perfectly for me because I was able to help plan pieces of her bachelorette party from Minnesota, but I wasn’t running the whole show.
I had to miss her bridal shower, which killed me. First of all, I LOVE bridal showers (and baby showers). I have a weird obsession with watching people open gifts. Second of all, I wanted to be there on that fun day to enjoy and celebrate her!
I did make it down to pick out dresses and for her bachelorette party, though. Picking out dresses was actually a lot more fun than I thought it would be, since I hate clothes shopping. Getting to be with all of the bridesmaids, whom I absolutely love, talking about how excited we were for her destination wedding, and bachelorette party was a ball!
Her bachelorette party was seriously amazing! We all had such. a. fun. time. We pre-gamed at her sister’s house, went out for dinner downtown, and then went to the strip club and bar hopping afterwards. Who would have known a strip club could be so much fun! They had a table in the wayyyyy back for the male dancers – but, man, those dancers were fun!
Anyways, I digress.
So, her wedding was down in Mexico at a beautiful resort on the ocean. They were married on the beach with the waves of the ocean crashing in the background – it was gorgeous. It meant the world to me that I was able to go on this whole wedding journey of picking out dresses, talking about planning, the bachelorette party, and everything in between, and on top of all that - stand by her side on one of the most important days of her life.
Because her wedding was a destination wedding as well, we, again, were able to spend an entire week together – exploring Mexico, swimming in the ocean, riding this giant whale, and remembering why we are best friends.
It was the trip of a lifetime that I won’t ever forget. We did make a pact to vacation with each other once a year, so we can continue spending at least a week out of each year together.
Just a reminder: Our world is such an amazing place. There is no reason for anyone to not enjoy their lives they way they were meant to. We only get one life. We get one shot. Are you wasting it, or are you living it to the fullest?
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