The Rainy Clouds

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Natalie:  Hey, wuz up?  Nothing much here.  I was cleaning my room and I came upon a lot of letters we used to write each other.  Next time you come over you have to read them.  What happened to us?  We used to be best friends (we still are) but we don’t act like it!  We used to do all this stuff together and now we don’t.  We don’t write letters like we used to.  We wrote like 1 in every class.  This summer we have to all spend a lot of time together.  You still want to go to May Fest with me?  Also, we always used to call each other so much.  There have also been a lot of lies and secrets between us lately.  Last year we never got into fights and now we do.  I feel like I need to be with my friends, and sometimes I want to be alone.  We need to become closer, not farther apart!  One of the best memories I have with you is watching movies in your room and looking at the rainy clouds.  W-B-S   B-F-F, Natalie

Before I begin, can we all take a moment to enjoy what might be the only time Nat has ever used parentheses semi-correctly?  If I had to guess, I'd say this letter was the catalyst for our unspoken pact to NEVER stop being the bestest of besties.  Seriously - we were about 4 bottles of wine away from joint weddings.  And this just serves as a reminder that even the sturdiest of friendships have their "lies and secrets".  Ours just happened before puberty.   You wanna know my favorite memory of Nat?  Dressing up in her mom's old 70's clothes and doing a fashion show video.  It's still out there somewhere, waiting for us to discover it and figure out a way to watch it.  Don't worry, Natbug - whatever happens to us in the future, wherever life takes us, whatever memories are lost or forgotten…we will always have the rainy clouds.