I technically have two first best friends: my cousin Jamie Loveridge, and my friend Lindsey Haskell. Since I already wrote a little bit about Jamie in a previous post last year, I'll tell you about Lindsey.
Lindsey and I have been best friends since we were 3 or 4 years old. Our families lived in the same apartment complex and same ward for a few years. We played together all the time. Lindey's middle name is Kay and my middle name is Mae, so our names became a rhyme with our moms: Chelsey Mae and Lindsey Kay. It was fun to say! 😉 Like the movies, I had a crush on her older brother and she had a crush on her older brother's best friend. Unlike the movies, none of us ended up together. Which we are perfectly fine with, but we do enjoy laughing about it.
When we moved away from the apartments, we continued to see each other via lots of sleepovers! There was a year where it was seriously almost every weekend. We had so much fun. There are so many memories of sleepovers and family activities, too many BFF necklaces, bracelets and key chains to count, that there isn't one that sticks out to share. But just know, we had fun and we love each other.
When I was 12 years old, Lindsey's family moved to New Zealand and my life ended. Ok, it didn't really end, but it sure felt like it! We wrote to each other frequently for the first couple of years. When I was 14 ( the summer of 2015) I went on a two week study abroad to New Zealand and Australia with a group called Edventures Down Under. We stayed in Auckland, which is where Lindsey's family lived as well. So my parents gave my leader permission to let Lindsey's family take me to their house during some down time one evening. Being with Lindsey again was amazing! We only got to spend a couple of hours together, but it was the best. Shortly after that trip her family moved to Australia, and we lost contact.
In June of 2009 I decided to search for her on facebook and I found her! We started talking and I learned that she and her family were back in the States! Back in Utah County even! We started hanging out again immediately.
Lindsey went on my first "date" with Gerson. I helped get her a job at my work at the time (Dressed In White), and we worked together for about a year or two. She was one of my bride's maids at my wedding. And we are now moms together. We have been to each other's baby showers and kid's birthday parties. And at the end of this month, Lindsey is getting married! I am of course going to her wedding as her best friend.
Lindsey and I will always be best friends. With the busyness of life, we go large amounts of time without seeing each other; but when we do get to spend time together the giggling, hugging, and fun times pick up right where we left off. Lindsey truly is my Best Friend Forever.
When we were little
Reunited!
Baby Showers and Birthday Parties
love you two!
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