ramblings

bonds

We've changed

From pigtailed little girls

To young women

From grinning kindergarteners

To troublesome teenagers

We've grown

From bottom-row heights

To being as tall as our mothers

We've matured

From doll-playing princesses

To honor roll students

We've grown up together

Eleven houses apart

From that fateful first meeting

To the joys of today

We've been hardened

By grief and loss

Rejection and fear

We faced bullies together

And stood up for each other

And still do to this day

We gave dolls up

But kept the memories

We've stood by each other

Through sickness

And health

We've cried to each other

And felt no shame

But the good times

Far outnumber the bad

All the stomach aches

After laughing too much

Stick with me much longer

We've been each other's rocks

What we depend on

We've given up princesses

And our angelic demeanors

For the sassy, crazy

Perfect personalities

We've learned to embrace

We've let our bad sides come out

But still remain playful

From the days of yesterday

When we'd stay out till dark

To the days of today

Where we do bend the rules

Too young for curfews

Too old to care

We stay out late

Eating ice cream

And shave creaming sidewalks

(With permission of course)

But we've stayed the same

For better and worse

We've stayed the same people

Although much has changed

Our interests have differed

Since those first days

We've grown apart

And put ourselves together again