Overwhelmingly Happy!

Today I am overwhelmingly happy to have seen my friend Piper after 25 years.
When we met, it was like we have never grown apart.
We are like two peas in a pod again.
Piper is my friend again and we vow to never lose that friendship.
We vow to never grow apart again.


In the beginning of my senior year at Moline High School, I did not know what to expect. I just overcame an unknown virus and was hospitalized. I did not think I was ever going to catch up on any of my school work, yet alone graduate on time. I was already in class with my younger sister Tammy instead of my twin Theresa. I had to quit training in the karate dojo for awhile. My life, I felt, was in circles. That was until I met Piper. Piper turned my life around. She is the one who became my best friend; she was the one that uplifted me when I felt down. Piper was my focus; the light that shone upon me.

The saddest moment in my life is when I lost touch with her. My heart felt like it was shattered in pieces. She gave me a friendship bracelet and the day it broke is the day I lost touch with her. I felt like I was going to die. I drank, got into bar fights, and became promiscuous. I had a decision to make, either keep going down the wrong path or make rank and make the military my stepping stone to college. The military later became my career.And I strived to become an officer, which injuries prevented.

Now I am at the happiest moment of my life, to find that light again.