1. First impressions aren't always right, and
2. A single moment and a single decision can make the difference of a lifetime.
3. Friends are family you choose.
When I first met DeDe, I didn't really like her. She was bubbly, outgoing and had the longest eyelashes I had ever seen. I just KNEW they were as fake as I thought she was. I was not impressed. Then I had a chance to spend some time with her. Who knew a trip to a store on Super Bowl Sunday in a snow storm would lead to a lifelong friendship! We still laugh about that day... me driving my little mystery colored VW Beetle and her leaning out the window in the snow and cold, spraying de-icer on the windshield. We were a sight, and on that day, we became inseparable.
At the time, I was in a single person room in the dorm and she lived off campus, but we stole a mattress from an overflow room in the dorm and stashed it under my bed so she could crash in my room at night. Later, we would get a two person room on the first floor of Murphy Hall at Tennessee Tech and we would RULE that floor! Life was never dull with DeDe. From food kicks and practical jokes to football and frat parties, we blazed a trail through our college years.
Twenty some odd years later, she is still my best friend. Nobody knows me better. There is nothing I wouldn't do for her and I know she feels the same. She has been there though thick and thin. Even the years we spent in separate cities didn't make a difference.. we'd just pick up where we left off as though no time had passed. She makes me laugh, she listens to me cry. She's ready to take off the gloves and kick anyone's butt if she thinks they have hurt me in some way. I'd do no less for her. I couldn't love her any more if she were family. She's my best friend, my partner in crime, my sister of choice. Love ya, DeDe!!
P.S. The eyelashes are real!!!
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