A long time ago, I met a girl named Molly.
We were gangly with the bad hair and the budding taste in music and the angsty poetry when we met. We dug each other; not overly, but just enough. Occasionally, I would glance over at her from across the classroom/cafeteria/friends basement, and I would see something. I never really knew what it was, but it was something and it was there.
One day, I figured out what it was. I was seeing forever.
Is that not the cheesiest thing you have ever heard? It’s totally true, yo.
Molly and I eased quietly, cautiously, almost unknowingly into an epic love story that will go on for ages after us. More than my parents, more than any man I have ever loved, I need her. I love her the way I love my kids; unconditionally, painfully, brutally, eternally.
She is everything I wish I could be. She is brave, she is fearless. She is powerful and brilliant and wise. She is kind and compassionate and understanding and patient. She is up front, in your face, no nonsense. She is amazing in every single way.
I honestly, I kid you not, cannot believe that she is still my friend, my best friend, my one sure bet for the rest of my life. I couldn’t tell you why she has stuck with me all these years, but by god, she has been right by my side through thick and thin. She watches me make the same mistakes over and over again, and she holds my hand as I stumble so the fall won’t quite so bad and then she helps me to my feet again and again.
And then she hands me a smoke and a shot.
She’s just that kind of girl.
She gets me the way almost no one gets me, and I’d bet she knows what my next move is even before I do. She is fiercely loyal to all of those lucky enough to be called her friend, and the beauty of her is that all of us, her circle, are all such amazingly different people and we are all drawn to her for a different reason and she is a different thing to each of us.
To me, she is calm and quiet and giggles and sleepovers and hangovers. She is, quite possibly, the only person alive today who has met the real me, the total me, the unguarded, honest, raw me. And she hasn’t run just yet.
Anyway, my point here is that today your birthday, Molly, and once again I managed to not be there to celebrate with you. If I was there, I would most likely dump some Jameson down your throat and then make you listen to Radiohead until you cried. But I’m not there, so this will have to do. I love you, baby, I love you so much it really truly hurts. You make me the luckiest girl alive. You inspire me and move me every day of my life. You are the radest person I have ever known, and I can’t wait to be little old ladies in rocking chairs slamming Hot Toddies with you.
It’s gonna be epic.
Maggie
Sunday, 16 March, 2008 at 18:38Very awesome. Nothing better in the world than a truly best friend, the like you have.
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laskigal
Sunday, 16 March, 2008 at 18:39Wow. This is way better than any Hallmark card . . .
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zoeyjane
Sunday, 16 March, 2008 at 18:41you don’t mind if i borrow that verbatim in about three weeks, do ya? that was just pure, unadulterated, awesome chick love. :)
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Leslie Dillinger
Sunday, 16 March, 2008 at 18:44Molly so totally fucking rules the planet.
janethesane
Sunday, 16 March, 2008 at 18:49That is so sweet :) I bet she would say the same about you.
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molly_g
Sunday, 16 March, 2008 at 18:53Thanks yo. I needed that. Just wait six days.
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Sue
Sunday, 16 March, 2008 at 19:22Awesome birthday tribute. I have a friend like Molly. :-)
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Kelly
Sunday, 16 March, 2008 at 19:32There is nothing like friends. I’m fiercely loyal to mine and am totally and completely awed and amazed when they are too. I’m so not worthy, but so darn lucky!
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janet
Sunday, 16 March, 2008 at 20:16awesome. truly awesome.
the two of you are blessed to have each other.
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Ashley Sanders
Sunday, 16 March, 2008 at 20:41Happy Birthday Molly!
…and that was such a great post. Love it.
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so grateful to be mormon
Sunday, 16 March, 2008 at 21:18wow, this was the most beautiful post i have read in a long time. you so got to me! you made me choke up repeatedly. i love how you said this. your friend is sooooooooooooooooo blessed to have YOU. this is the best kind of friend to have. happy for you and your buddy, kathleen
so grateful to be mormon’s last blog post..peace ? a walk in the sun
Angie
Sunday, 16 March, 2008 at 21:36That’s so awesome. I don’t have any friends LIKE THAT anymore. I move too damn often. I need a hug… or a drink.
KEEP BELIEVING
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amy
Sunday, 16 March, 2008 at 21:41You really just have the most awesome friends! And I love how you describe your relationship with all of them!
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Diane
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 6:02Great post about what Molly means to you. Outstanding.
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TRACI
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 6:49What a great birthday wish!! Your a softie, a drunk and a good friend-where do I register?
;)
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Jenni
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 7:31What a beautiful tribute to your BFF. I never really knew what that meant. I thought maybe breast-feeding feminist?
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molly_g
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 7:38That would describe me, as well! he he…
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CableGirl
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 7:40Nothing beats a birthday wish from a friend who can’t be there.
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Don Mills Diva
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 7:41That post was epic. I’ve never read such a true tribute to female friendship – you are two lucky chicks.
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Ree
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 8:57Ack! Stop making me cry.
Happy Birthday Molly! Anyone who loves Mr. Lady is way good and cool in my book!
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MamaWise
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 9:27Awesome post! It’s amazing to have people we can be so incredibly close to!
P.S. Bloggy love is waiting for you at my place!
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Allie Bear
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 11:08I commented on the wrong post because I am a geek like that so my last comment belongs here.
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Jo
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 11:47She is “the Wind Beneath Your Wings” — Cheesy, Beaches reference that I share with my BFF of 20+ years. Good friends, kindred spirits, sisters of the heart. There are a lot of names for it, but nothing quite describes it like you did.
Happy Birthday Molly!
Heather
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 13:05What a friendship. One best friend in life is all you really need.
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Kim
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 13:17What an awesome B day present for your friend.. Happy Birthday to your friend Molly!
I still can’t believe you met Latte Mommy.. you get to met all the cool chicks.
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A Whole Lot of Nothing
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 13:20That is so touching. Now I want someone to touch.
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Kathryn
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 14:20You are so lucky to have such a friend. They are hard to come by.
Happy Birthday, Molly!
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Bonnie
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 14:51I think I speak for all the sisters when I say thanks for loving our Molly so much!
We love you too!
candace
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 16:31love this. made me think of my “molly”…. so grateful to have one too!
Huckdoll
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 16:51Aw, Molly sounds like a superstar. Happy Birthday!
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Sue
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 18:24That was very sweet! Molly sounds like my bff Melissa. We’ve known each other since first grade! Happy Birthday, Molly!
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Tara R.
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 19:40Happy B-Day to Molly and congrats to you for having a friend that rocks!
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so grateful to be mormon
Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 23:39i loved this sweet post and have thought about it more since i read this last night. thanks for being so open about posting this. it’s awesome to see someone treasuring their special souls in their life :) kathleen
so grateful to be mormon’s last blog post..are you a freak? are you sweet? or are you a sweet freak? he he
Miss Ann Thrope
Tuesday, 18 March, 2008 at 4:27What a wonderful friendship. And I’d say Molly is as lucky as you are…
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anne nahm
Tuesday, 18 March, 2008 at 6:45Awwww! *blinks back tears* You got me all revved up on emotion. I gotta go hug someone now.
They are totally going to think I have cooties.
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ohmommy
Tuesday, 18 March, 2008 at 10:04Beautiful tribute. Friends like Molly and yourself are simply divine. You are right, they are a part of family.
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Jen
Tuesday, 18 March, 2008 at 12:04Lovin it! What a great tribute to your BFF.
Jamie
Tuesday, 18 March, 2008 at 14:33I come to you for crude, and you get all sappy on me. :) Good stuff. Wish I could say I had that one, true love like that … but yours sounds like the real thang.
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Aimee Greeblemonkey
Tuesday, 18 March, 2008 at 15:10Way cool. Happy birthday Molly!
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Sarah
Tuesday, 18 March, 2008 at 17:22I think that is just about the sweetest, most loving thing I’ve ever read. Honestly. I have friends that I have felt like that about but that have since come and gone. None have stood beside me always. To love completely and have that love returned is all you can wish for in life.
Nola
Tuesday, 18 March, 2008 at 18:44Sounds like Molly’s got as good a friend as you!
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Tracie
Tuesday, 18 March, 2008 at 18:58So sweet! You both are so lucky to love each other…more than words can ever do justice! Happy birthday
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VDog
Tuesday, 18 March, 2008 at 22:38I have goosebumps now. Great post. You are a very lucky woman. Very lucky.
Happy Birthday, Molly.
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