An Audience Letter to a Friend

Dear Other Half!

I can’t believe you’re moving to Africa for three years!!!!!! Not only Africa but Sudan. I’m sooooo worried about you, you better not get hurt or I’ll hurt you worse! Every one says that Sudan is a horrible place to be, yet you reassure me that your going to the “safe” part of Sudan. I’ve done so much research on it that I know that there is no safe place. I think of how you and your family are going to be missionaries and help people. But, that’s not surprising because that’s just the kind of person you’ve always been.

I think back over the past nine years and I can’t stop from tearing up. I think about all the great times we had together.

I remember how in 1^st grade Ms. Lisa called me, you, and Samantha a threesome because we never were away from each other. We would be best friends one day and then be fighting the next. Together we were the stars of our soccer team and we would run to your house after practice every night.

Then in 3^rd grade we were the pet feeders and we got Elijah to teach us how to do the splits. We were always talking about how when we grew up we were going to be professional best friends. I would always go to your house and we would eat noodles with butter because that was the best meal ever for the next three years. We would play with Molly in that ditch behind your house, now it’s not yours anymore. We would always play Frogger on your computer and your brother would beat us every single time.

Then at the end of 3^rd grade we got in a fight, I don’t even remember what it was about. We didn’t talk for almost a year. When I think of how I let myself grow apart from you I feel like slapping myself.

Then in 5^th grade we were friends again. We stayed friends all the way through 7^th grade, but in the past year we have gotten close again. The thing that I will never ever ever forget about you in a million years is that you were always a great friend even if I was a total bitch. You always were there and listened when I needed you.

I LOVE YOU Kassie, I always will. I’ll miss you every second of every day and send you emails every day until I see you again.

I’ll miss you forever,

Josey