I have hundreds of memories involving one of my childhood best friends Deborah. I just love her so much (and her family). Grade school, middle school, high school - those are such difficult ages on kids. With the facebook/social networking world it's really crazy that we now are in such close contact with even someone you may have shared your most embarrassing, or most awkward moment with. I can honestly tell you that of my facebook friends many are those whom I have done something absolutely embarrassing, or wrong, or sad things for, to, for and I'm conscience of that. I made a lot of mistakes in my early teenage years (um, who doesn't, I haven't yet met a perfect person ;). I have always felt sad and sorry for them, but you can't take back things that you do, you can only learn from them and be a better/different person because of them. That's how I accept my faults anyways.
SO. One night, like the rebel teenager that we were, we must have been 15 or so - Deborah and Rebecca and I used to always steal Anita's car and drive it to the Shari's and have coffee. (so sorry Anita, thank God nothing happened to our risky booties! :( ) so. I think we must have gotten caught from time to time, because Deb and Reb's mom Phylis did NOT like me (I am so sorry Phylis, I'm sure you had every right not to! yikes!).
We'd go to Shari's sitting there drinking coffee at 2am, or maybe it was 3am, shoot, sometimes we would stay there until sunrise and just drink coffee and laugh, visit and then go home. These twins were my little angels as I was having such a tough time that year internalizing some of the frustrations I was having as a young teenager.
One night was my favorite - and that's why I'm writing this :)
We were sitting there drinking coffee and one of us got up to use the restroom, or maybe walk around the diner - not because we knew anyone :) but more of to see who else might be interested in drinking coffee at 2am? For conversation if nothing else :) I don't know which of us spotted them - I think it was me, but I could be wrong... it was a group of like 8 guys dressed so fantastically outrageous (which was a MAZE ingly cool to us then:).
One of them had this big hat on, like Dr. Suess, but a dark velvet... and they all had long shaggy hair :) It wasn't bad looking, just like a lot of shaggy's on Shaggy and Scooby to us. LOL.
They let us go on the tour bus out back of Shari's ... well, we didn't technically 'tour' it :) We stood on the step of the bus and peaked as far back as we could to see how a rock star actually lives. Then the group signed our Shari's napkin and gave us a t-shirt and said their farewells :) We wanted to give them something in return, for making our night so we drove or ran to the nearest grocery store to get them flowers to give to them (gosh we were such nerds! lol) but by the time we got back to the place their tour bus was earlier parked they were gone.
And we sat in the parking lot and smiled and laughed, and had one of the most fantastic nights in a 15 year olds little life... but the band wasn't one that we were super excited for :) We were really involved with Young Life at the time, and prayer groups were a weekly, if not daily activity for us... what were they going to think if we wear the tshirt this nice group of guys gave us during our adrenaline filled night :)
I specifically remember the only regret I had at the time was I didn't have my camera on me :) (thanks to google pics for helping me out w the images for my blog re: the Cult
that's the story I want to tell tonight about Deb, one of my sweet buddies who's courageously fighting cancer... for me blogging, sharing myself, makes my heart feel better as maybe I'm explaining and writing are such stress reliefs for me :)
I love you Deb. I always have and I always will :) you have always been the truest of friends to me and so many... :) thank you :) Be strong in your fight, we are here to fight with you :) I can't wait to visit with you in a couple weeks ... it has been so long! :) xoxo
Deb's Cancer Updates
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