She Found Love

The other weekend, life hit me hard.  Not just life, but the fact that I’m old.  I know that 22 doesn’t seem old to a lot of people, but I have been on this earth for 22 years!!  What made this such a jolting realization, you ask?  My best friend throughout all of high school got married.  In the same month, she had a baby girl as well.  Olivia.  She is the cutest, most well behaved one-month year old anyone could ask for.  I’m not sure it was such a great idea to have her at the reception the whole time, but she seemed content enough.  The entire time I did not hear a sound out of that little girl! 

            Julia has changed so much since I first met her.  She was truly the best, best friend, ever.  We helped each other grow a lot while we were close.  She helped me become more confident and outgoing (I used to be so scared to talk to people I didn’t know well) and I helped her become able to show emotion.  Before she met me she had a tough exterior, was bitter about love and marriage, and believed she would spend the rest of her life solo.  People knew not to mess with her because though she was small, she was a firecracker.  I met her the first day in math class.  Our assigned seats were right next to each other, and as we both sat down she introduced herself.  For some reason I wasn’t nearly as nervous to talk to her, so we began joking around throughout the whole class. 

The rest was history.

As I sat between my mom, and my boyfriend Dave, I admired Julia as she, her new husband, Nick, and baby girl twirled around in circles in the first dance as husband and wife.   They looked so happy together, and I was so happy for her.  Happy that her life had changed so much, and happy that although she used to be the most bitter little thing, she found love.