My Best Friend

My best friend...Kaycee Shae

It is crazy for me to think that the time has come where we take our separate adventures. I feel like I knew one day we would grow up + things would change. But lets face it we made it through grade school, then weird years of junior high, graduated high school, and then were roommates up at Utah State. Through everything you were there. From Lake Powell trips, to girls camp, to high school dances, and cheerleading. We were inseparable. Kaycee Shae is my best friend. She is now a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and is going to to serve the people in Virginia, Richmond for the next 18 months. She is in for the adventure of a life time. I just wish I could tag a long.

 

                                       

 

(m e m o r y) We were driving in my car and the song "The Rising" was blasting through the stereo. After the song was over we talked about how all of our guy friends in a year will be serving missions and how crazy time is moving so fast. You then said "Jess I think I'm going to go on a mission." I said "Kayc we need to go to college first." Nothing else more was said. We packed our bags and headed to Utah State. Fast forward and now we are in college. It was late one night and you were telling me about your mission prep class. You loved it. Once again you told me that you were going to go serve. I complained and said, "What the freak am I supposed to do, I need you." You then said something that has stuck with me forever. "Jess if I don't share the gospel that we love so much to others who will?" That was the end of that conversation and I went to bed. We continued to live up the college life. Your mission call came and thing got a little more real. But I still felt like you actually leaving would never happen. ha

                      

The time has come now for you to serve. Your farewell talk was on gratitude + for not loving public speaking you did amazing. You said that because you are so grateful for this gospel that is why you are serving a mission. Well Kayc, I am grateful for you. The Lord knew that I needed you in my life. I am so thankful for the memories that we have + will have when you return. I get asked a lot what I am going to do without my best friend anddd last night driving to your house to say goodbye I had no clue. As all of us girls sat in your room reminiscing of old times + as we cleaned out your closet. I just kept thinking is this for real or am I being punked. haha And as I drove home with tears down my face from saying "see you soon" a feeling of peace and comfort came over me. These next 18 months away from each other is a good thing. The Lord has a separate plan for both of us right now. These 18 months away from my best friend is for me. Its a time where I will make decisions, I will grow up, I will decide what to eat, what to drink, what I should wear, remember the titans or Cinderella story, what boy I should like, etc...without my best friend helping me make those decisions. It is a time for me to know that I can be/do me. (99% sure I will still email and write you about everything and probably will have you decide things for me anyway...haha but I'm going to give it my best shot!) While she is in Virginia on a mission, I'll be here in Utah.

There are things I wish she would be here for. But more than anything...I wish I could be in an investigators home as she testify of Christ. I wish I could be there as she shares her testimony daily. I wish I could be there when she needs a shoulder to cry on or a hug when it gets rough. (she better have good freakin companions is all I'm sayin). I wish I could be there. But somehow I know that part of me will be. Because we are best friends + I can't wait for January of 2016 anddd the next car ride we have with TSwift blasting in the back ground. Go gettem Kayc.