I have this friend named Kim. We met in high school and hit it off immediately. She's like my sister Christina but with freckles! We had a moment at the end of high school and didn't speak for some time. Luckily for facebook [insert laugh here] we were reconnected. We discussed what drove us apart and became more open with one another than before!
We planned this exciting trip to San Francisco with some of my family. We were going to go to Vegas to pick up my aunt and uncle and then drive up to San Fran for a few days. We even discussed being like Thelma and Louise and driving to Arizona's Grand Canyon just the two of us. Usually, I have maps printed, hotels temporarily booked, an itinerary all planned but for some reason I didn't do that for this trip. In case you haven't figured it out, the trip was planned for April 20th-30th. I was released from the hospital on April 19th. Needless to say the trip was cancelled. I will always feel guilty but I know it's not my fault.
Kim kept her flight and came out anyways. Her first time to California and this is how we are going to spend it ?! It was an emotional reunion (even though we had seen each other in February when I snuck home) and again I felt awful not being really mobile, tired all the time, home bound for 'feedings'... it just was not how I saw it. But in the midst of seeing this one facet, the prism changed.
Here I was, with a friend I wasn't 100% sure was back to her old-high school-self just yet and met someone even better instead! Kim didn't hesitate to look at my wounds under the dressings. She learned how to feed me by tube so my husband could have a 'break' and go to work. She got on my case if I didn't do my mouth stretches and she comforted me when I cried for no reason. The person I knew over 10 years ago was back in one sense but this person I spent the last 10 days with was someone else.
She didn't make me feel bad for cancelled plans. She didn't complain when I slept in. She didn't offer herself to me and then sit on the sidelines. She went full speed ahead. She was my friend. She was a great friend. I was sad to see her go. But today, I'm feeling lucky. How can God bless someone with so many wonderful people in their life?
I love you Kim! Shout outs to you my friend!
Sandra Bullock's Star/ HollywoodValencia Town Center Mall
At the GroveSanta Monica Beach
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