So ......

It's been a year - opps :) I will not make any promises that I will post all the time but I will try to do better. Things are busy but I would say the past year has been awesome. I have had many opportunities to travel however the best trips have been with my best friend. Last summer we explored Chicago many weekends and decided we love Chicago. Then we went to SoCal - neither of us had ever been there before. Now we dream of beaches and In N Out Burger. :) We are in the midst of planning another big trip for this summer which means not as many smaller trips to Chi-town, but we still love you!


I have been thinking about the trips and how I have fallen in love with so many new places. Part of me wonders why .... why these particular spots. I think I have figured it out.


As we grow up we have lots of friends and sometimes several best friends. If you are lucky you may keep in touch with some of them as the years pass by (Facebook has made this much easier). But I believe that the friends you make when you are older are more likely to be the ones who have the missing pieces that help form you. They are the ones you can be you with. There is no need to try to be anything but you. I know, I know we are never supposed to not be real but by saying you never did that in high school are you being real? When you are younger it is much easier to lose who you are in friendships. I think when we are out of college, working, and on our own we better realize who we are. And the friendships we make during this time are the ones that help put the finishing touches on you.


We are all shaped by our individual circumstances. When we use those circumstances to help others along the path we become more complete. As we do this we cultivate friendships that have a lasting bond.

Ok so that made sense to me ... hopefully it did to you as well. :)


Back to why I think the places I traveled to with my best friend are the places I love. Because I was with a friend who knows my faults, silliness, the tendency to talk first then think, and she still calls me her best friend. She is like me and just likes to explore - sure in SoCal we spent hours (and I do mean hours) in a car (convertible - don't be a hater :)). But in those hours we talked, sang at the top of our lungs, and found some amazing views. And at the end of the day we were able to say we had the best day ever.


I encourage you if you have never taken a trip with your best friend do, even if it's down the road somewhere. Cause you never know what kind of adventure it will be and what places you will fall in love with.