To My Phoebe, From Your Monica: A Year Later
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To My Phoebe, From Your Monica: A Year Later

She's a constant praise of light and joy.

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To My Phoebe, From Your Monica: A Year Later
Madison Beatty

It hasn't been a year in the sense of days, but as we approach 2018, I have a lot to reflect on in life. It's been a year, for sure- I graduated high school, started college, left some jobs and found some jobs, made some friends and lost some too. I look at life a year ago, where I was rehearsing in my senior fall play and so excited for all the opportunities I had, and still have today.

Yet, there's I'd like to talk about in the friendship part of my life. For those of you who regularly read what I write, I wrote about my Phoebe this past February. (Don't worry, we're still best friends.)

She and I really have the same type of friendship like Monica and Phoebe from Friends, almost to a point where it's scary. We think alike, we say the exact same phrase as the exact same time on an almost daily basis. There was a time this past summer where she looked at me and recited the line from The One Where Everyone Finds Out, where Phoebe says, "They don't know we know they know we know." We both almost fell to our knees laughing.

We've been there for each other more than ever. Breakups, fights, offstage drama, the whole nine yards. She bridged for my life back together after a dark time; I crossed and left my past behind, and she's always there, waiting at the other end, standing by me through everything.

She follows her dreams. She has the guts and determination to follow through on the littlest and biggest things. Through it all she's ever so mature, respecting, and authentically herself. She doesn't hide herself from the world. She inspires me to be myself without shame.

She always takes into consideration the feelings of others, and gives the best advice. She is so generous; just like Phoebe, she'd step up to the plate and have triplets if needed. (Well... with serious consideration, but can you blame her?) There isn't a malicious or evil bone in her body. She's a constant praise of light and joy, and even when troubles get to her, we find a way together to look on the bright side.

She loves musical theatre, Supernatural, and anything related to bees. She knows how to make you laugh at any given moment, and there's nothing more enjoyable than singing Heathers the Musical with her at max volume. She is "fearfully and wonderfully made." Through any situation you may face, Pheebs, know you always have a Monica there for you too. I wish you all the happiness in the world, my dear. Love, Mon.

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