This is for Laura
This is for Bella
May you never forget
This for Olivia
This is for Delaney
I wish we'd made
I wish we'd brought
I wish we'd known about
Sisterhood
Some mornings, the pain's too great
I grab the phone,
Forget the time zone
Some mornings, the pain's too great
This is for Madi
This is for Blaine
And all I wish we had
I wish we'd made
I wish we'd brought
I wish we'd known about
Sisterhood
Sisterhood
Sisterhood, yeah
(Some mornings)
Sisterhood
(Pain's too great)
This is for LauraThis is for Bella
May we see each other again

Hey, people of Paint!

The song you read above I wrote, and I wanna talk about it.

Bella and Laura are my two best friends, EVER. They're also my soul sisters.

As a girl, I need my friends, and the people God puts in my life. They are definitely on both lists.

Melanie Shankle, Author of "Nobody's Cuter Than You (A memoir on the beauty of female friendship)" Writes, "When you meet one of your people, a red flag waves, screaming at you."

And wave it did.

Because friends are more than someone to talk to. They are soneone to laugh with, cry with, a heart to entrust secrets to, a people to have inside jokes with.

And trust me, I have DEFINITELY needee them. We've gone through my "Embarrassment Song," my terrible two boyfriends, and my entire 7th grade year.

Everyone needs friends like this, because sometimes, talking to a therapist just don't cut it.

The last day I was with them, I cried so much. I'll never forget the pain in my heart as I gave Bella my biggest hug and told her to write.

And she did. Yesterday, I got this in the mail:

My dearest friend, you've left me
Standing all alone.
My body's numb with sorrow
I don't know my way home.

I'm lost, depressed, and frightened
For you're not here with me.
And somewhere deep inside my heart
My friend you'll always be.

I know you couldn't help it
And you didn't want to go.
But nonetheless you left me
Sad and all alone.

Although I have my parents
And other friends so close
I don't know why it is
But I love you, friend, the most.

For as long as I can recognize
You've help me to grow strong.
And given me the courage and faith
To keep moving on.

So with my sad and heavy heart
This part comes to an end.
But I will not say good-bye
You'll always be my friend.

Ultimately, this is what God has given us in the people he has placed in our lives: A miracle.

A grace-filled, life-changing, soul-refreshing miracle.

May we never lose the wonder of it all.