Here's a little blurb of Mr. Thiessen's magic:
Till the end when we part,
I will give you my heart
And I'll promise to love you with all that there is
And I promise to be there whenever you need me
Because you'll always be
My best friend.
This is my best friend.
Sometimes, I think it's fun to be best friends with a firefighter.
(Confession: it's still attractive, even though I know all the bad sides about it.)
(And, even though I feel cheesy admitting to it.)
There was this one time that we were in an accessory shop. Myyy favorite store in the whole. World. Anyway, he had just come to see me--literally about an hour before, from Virginia. That's a far stretch from Atlanta! Anyway. He drove eight hours to see me and THEN, he went with me to my favorite, girly store, and when I found four things I really, really liked...I got into trouble. Because I didn't have very much money with me and I really only had enough to buy two of them.
I started to put two of them back on the shelf.
He told me not to. He's sortof silly that way.
When I started to do it anyway, he came up behind me, put one arm around me and had the audacity to pick me up right off the ground. (He's sortof silly that way.)
Anyway, I don't know if he even remembers it, but he picked me up and walked right over to the counter, and without even acknowledging the fact that he had carried me there under one arm, like it was no big deal, took two of the items right out of my hand and put them on the counter and said, politely and nonchalantly, "I need these, please."
I love this guy. Not because he buys me jewelry or because he causes public scenes with me. And not because he puts up with my weird antics--i.e. my interest in smashing food in his face, or putting my fingers in his ears, or....other stuff.
But because he's just...my best friend. At the heart of it all, I have never really gone a day without knowing that there was someone out there who just loved me, and would love me forever, no matter what. He does that.
I think that our best friends are the family that we have to choose ourselves; I think that God knows what we need more than we do sometimes, and I think that He knew that I needed Ev.
He's watching me write this whole thing, on skype screenshare. (Disclaimer: I did not write any of this just because I knew he was watching. I promise it's allll true-blue, scouts honor, the truf!)
I love you, Evan. There is nothing that I would like more than to know...that...I'll be able to have you by my side forever.
We never know what life will bring; sometimes we can't really ever connect the dots and understand why certain things happen the way they do until we have lived long enough to be able to look back on them.
Maybe in hindsight, the separation between you and I was meant for something. Maybe it was meant to show me that I can be separated from you and that separation doesn't make love go away.
You're falling asleep. Yes. You are :]. Mwwah. Close your eyes. I'm all done.
As soon as I hit "publish," this will be online forever. If you ever start to doubt...it will be here. Just for you.
Deal?
