melissa kay porter

i wanted to take a minute to talk about a girl i've known for years. her name is

melissa kay porter.

but most call her mimi.

she is one crazy girl who knows how to pArTy! i met her at the young age of 3 in mrs. hooles' preschool class. mimi lived right behind mrs. hooles' house. we were cute little pre school buddies and we always played together.

i remember on the first day of summer of second grade we were walking home because we were going to go swimming at heather's house. i don't remember swimming at all but i remember the walk home. we were talking about how we both were going to be in the same third grade class. mrs. roma was going to be our teacher. we were also talking about how this was only going to happen if she didn't move to who knows where when her mom got married for the 3rd time to a french man. sadly the move ended up happening. she moved to a city called elmaghna. for most 2nd graders if a friend moved away that far you would never talk to them again. but OH NO, mimi and i were (are) best friends and we never let our friendship fade. after many moves, a divorce, another marriage, another divorce and more moves she lives really close by. about 20 minutes away!

now it has been 12 years and we are still best friends. WOW!

mimi i love you soo much! you are a truly amazing best friend and i love you with all my heart! i cannot believe we have been friends for so long. we need to hang out WAY more. k!? wow.

i love you!

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