Everyone has those friends that they have been friends with forever. You don't really understand how you got so lucky to have those friends, you just know you have been friends for a really long time. Back when I was maybe 3 years old, I had met one of my childhood best friends and little did I know that person would become a lifetime friend.

My twin sister and I started daycare at our daycare mom's house, whose name is Kris. I remember hating going to daycare because I always wanted to be with my mom. It made me feel a bit more comfortable knowing my twin sister was with me at daycare though. My twin Haley and I went to daycare like normal little kids and we both had no idea that our daycare mom's daughter would still be one of our closest friends to this day.

Sami, Kris' daughter, always wanted to be with Haley. She basically hated me and had no liking for me. And to this day, I still do not know why. Eventually we matured, and Sami and I became close friends and things were fine. Looking back, we had so many fun memories together. From all the times we would do gymnastics in the pool to "cleaning" Sami's messy room (And by cleaning, I really mean just shoving stuff in her closet and hope the door would shut), we had a lot of fun together. "The Cheetah Girls" was one of our favorite movies, and we loved it so much we put together our own show and invited all the neighbors over to watch our show. We had an admission fee and a fee for candy, popcorn and drinks. I think we made about $4 each that day, but it was the fun we had doing it. Sadly, Sami had gotten really sick and was not able to perform in our show that day. We were missing our Dorinda. I don't think the three of us will ever forget that day!

There were countless amounts of lemonade stands, gymnastic shows (even though I was terrible at it), dancing shows and everything in between. Sami, Haley and I did everything together. We never wanted to be apart. We were called the triplets from many people because we were always together.

By the time the three of us were in our young teen years, Sami's family decided it was time for them to move. Haley, Sami and I were sad, knowing we wouldn't be living 100 feet from each other anymore. We would always beg our parents to let us have just "one more sleepover" before Sami moved. Jason, Sami's dad, would always say to us, "Gosh you three, we are just moving across town, not across the country." Even knowing Sami was only moving a couple of miles down the road, we would always say we needed one more sleepovers together.

This picture was from our first ever sleepover!

As the three of us grew older, we stuck close by each others' side. We started doing grown up girl things like getting our nails done, going on shopping trips and going to the beach. As Sami's new house was being built, her family spent a summer at a rental house right on Lake Waconia. Even though it was an old rusty house, we made many more memories there too. I will never forget the day we all believed the house was haunted, and we heard a bunch of really odd noises coming from the basement. No one was home besides Sami, Haley and I. We all were sitting in Sami's bedroom, and we rushed into the bathroom. We chose that room because it had a lock on the door. We locked ourselves into the bathroom and held the door shut because we thought something was after us. We probably spent a good four hours in there, and we managed to give each other "pedicures" while we waited for Sami's mom, Kris, to come home. Finally when she got home, she checked around the house and it turns out we sat in the bathroom for four hours for no reason at all.

During the summer, the three of us would take trips to my grandma and grandpa's house, so Haley and I could take care of my grandma while my grandpa went out on his motorcycle rides with his buddies. We would keep my grandma entertained and she always got a chuckle at the funny things we would do. During the summers, before any of us got our licenses, we would bike to target to go get lunch together. We thought we were so cool going out without our parents.

Looking back, Sami, Haley and I have made so many memories together. We have stuck together ever since daycare, and we are still as close as can be. Now, being that we are in college, we have a lot of the same interests and can relate so well. Sami will be headed off to UND this fall, and Haley and I will be going back to Mankato. It will be a change for Sami to be five hours from us, but I know we will still stay in touch. I love the friendship that it doesn't take much effort to keep a close relationship with someone. Even though time has went by, the three of us have never lost the friendship we had from the beginning. We have seen each other grow from our ugly middle school years, into our mature, grown up college selves. I cant wait to see what will be in the future for our friendship, but I know I already have two of my future bridesmaids! That is, if I ever find a boyfriend first.

P.s. I could write a novel on all our fun memories.

Love you always Weedwacker (Sami), and of course my twin sister Snowplow (Haley).

Love,

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