QotD: My Best Friend

What makes your best friend so special? 
Submitted by Jessmiloo.

Well, I have three people who I would call my best friends.  One who I've been friends with forever so she'll always be my best best friend.  One who is my current best girl photographer friend and who I do projects with and talk to on IM all day.  And one who is my current best guy friend (and, before you ask, yes, he's a GUY friend and not a BOYfriend).

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So, Jen.  We've been friends since our parents forced us to hang out at Fiesta Texas when we were, what, 19?  20?  Something like that?  She's smart.  She's funny.  She's the most talented writer I know.  She's the one person who gets me no matter what.  I swear, when I'm laughing so hard that I can barely talk, she knows exactly what words I'm trying to wheeze/snort out.  And here is a picture of our mystery woman, from a trip we took to LA when we were in college.  Wow, that was the best trip ever.  For those of you who can't figure it out, she's the one on the left.

Laura and me

Then there is Laura.  We've only known each other for a year, but it was friendship at first sight.  Laura is so talented and so in tune with people around her.  She can sniff out a lie or an excuse, even one that a friend is telling herself, from 30 miles away, and she'll always call you on it.  :)  She loves her son and her husband so deeply that it makes me cry listening to her talk about them.  She can also identify any font.  ANY font.  She's a graphic designer and looking at bad design and font choices really hurts her.

Tim

And then there is Tim.  I have a few other pictures where he looks sweeter ;) but this captures his personality better than any of them.  He's never afraid to speak his mind, even when he knows it's something that you really don't want to hear.  He's been a business mentor to me for, oh, what feels like forever but is really probably less than two years, and he truly knows his stuff.  He loves his parents and will do whatever he needs to, whenever he needs to do it, to help them and take care of them.  And he is probably the most loyal friend anyone could ever have.

You know, I am looking at these people and realizing how blessed I am to have all three of them in my life.  I am not good at relying on others -- I tend to do everything myself -- and I know that God has put these three in my life to teach me that sometimes, it's okay to share your needs.