Cousins.

So I’ve been meaning to write a new post this week, but every time I sit down to write...I’m lost.
 

Today, however, I wish to express my gratitude for cousins. And best friends. They can be the same thing, you know.

Tomorrow my best friend Eli is getting married in the temple for time and all eternity. And I’m already getting all teary-eyed just thinking about it. She’s the closest thing I’ve had as a sister, and for that I am forever grateful.

Eli and I have grown up together our whole lives. We spent many days playing dress up, being tortured by my older brother, laughing until we cried, going on adventures and getting lost, laying out in the pool, shopping, and everything else girls do.

Yes, I’m that girl with glasses and bangs. I loved the 90s.

As we've gotten older, we still spend many days doing those things. And we also have told each other all about our future husbands. I specifically remember one night while we were trying to go to sleep, we told each other exactly how we’d meet our husband and when we’d get married. 

I think we were both off by a long shot, seeing as how one of them is married, and the other is just...out of the question.

Nonetheless, I am SO incredibly grateful for the choices Eli has made, and for the example she has set. I can say without a doubt that Heavenly Father has blessed me with people in my life that, through their example, teach me how to be the best possible version of myself.

Okay, the tears are starting...so I need to just stop now. Let’s hope I can make it through tomorrow without looking like a blubbering mess!