My Best Friend, Lacy

I was in the car this morning listening to some tunes thinking about the day and a song came on the radio that made me think of my best friend, Lacy.
"Jesse's Girl" That may seem weird to others that this particular song makes me think of her but here's why:
In college we took a Sociology of Women class. During that class we were put in to groups for a big project. Our project focus was the objectification on women in music. And Jesse's Girl was one of the songs we picked. If you really listen to the words you would understand why. But now, every time I hear that song I think of that project and Lacy. That project got us an A- no thanks to the other 2 people in our group. In case you are wondering we also talked about how empowering Pat Benetar and Janet Jackson are for women- haha.

Lacy and I have been best friends for 11 years in September. So as you can imagine there are a lot of songs that remind me of her.

"I love you Alway Forever" by Donna Lewis-
Lacy and I were a little obsessed with these 2 guys in high school- I won't mention their names out of pure embarassment. But one night we drove around in my truck for 3 hours and listened to this song over and over again. We even replaced the "blue eyes" line with "green eyes" b/c the loves of our lives both had green eyes. We made a pact that night that when we lost of virginity we would play that song. But neither of us followed through on that pact. (Mom and Scarlett- that is of course because Jimmy and Paul were not fans of the song :-) )

"Like a Prayer" by Madonna
This song is our anthem, with Ltrain of course. Ltrain aka Lindsay Hoogner. We used to drive around in Lacy's Lebaron Convertible blaring this song. It was simply our favorite. And really is our anthem. Every time it comes on the radio I call Lacy and just play it on her voicemail. If Lacy and I are together we call Lindsay- If Lindsay and Lacy are together they call me. You get the picture.

Those are probably the three songs that remind me the most of my Lacy.
Lacy and I have been through heartache, marriage, divorce, death, illness, crazy ex-friends, and so much more. She truly is my best friend in the entire world.

What I know today is that having a best friend is the most important thing in the world. There is NOTHING I wouldn't talk to her about or not be comfortable telling her. She literally knows everything about me- more than my mom, sister, or husband. And that's b/c she is my best friend. She is non juding, caring, kind and quite simply one of my favorite people in the world. I know that without her I might have turned out to be incredibly boring.

I love you Lacy:-)