A few years ago, I met an amazing person named Jennie. She's one of those people with the kind of self determination that propels themselves through life and always improves their mind, body, and spirit along the way. When I met her, we were both working for this educational publisher in Evanston, IL. The work was pretty dull, basically data entry, and I knew Jennie as a member of my department but I didn't really "know" her then. I've always been kind of shy when it comes to meeting people for the first time, unless I'm introduced, so I broke the ice with her by playing Tic-Tac-Toe. I created a template on the computer and would e-mail it over to her after each move. That's how our friendship began. Later, we played tennis for a summer, meeting early in the mornings. Then, I lived across the hall from her. She went on to form a rock band and I was putting myself through school. During that period, we didn't see that much of eachother but friends like us remain true. Recently, she moved away to Boston and, in many ways, we are closer now than when she was right next door. I plan to see her and her girlfriend in NYC at the end of the month, and Jennie and I will meet in LA at the end of the year. I don't know if I believe in destiny, but I do know our paths will always cross.
The title of this post: "Keep it Sacred, Bitch" is what our tattoos state when placed next to eachother. It's a great philosophy to live by and I think it's really cool how our friendship reminds us all to keep it sacred, bitch.
