Let Me Tell Ya (photos included)

About my bestfriend....

When I moved back to Arizona in 2015 after graduating college, I knew I was getting myself back into something crazy.... I had a bit of a wild past as a teenager in Phoenix.... but I didn't know I was going to acquire a soul sister. As an only child, I always held friendships very near and dear to me. I have friends all over the country that I can talk to at any moment like no time has passed. My friends are my family.

There were a few months after I had returned to Arizona that I just let loose, I had all of my old friends back and I was 21 at the time, so it was time to rage. When I moved I tried to find the safest place in Phoenix for a girl like me to live on her own, little did I know I was moving into an apartment on ASU campus. One of the number one party schools in the nation... so we partied.

One night I was out with some friends bar hopping when we decided to go back to one of their friend's houses who attended school at ASU. When I got there there were two girls sitting together in the living room. Usually it takes girls some time to warm up to me but once they realize how down to earth I am, they get more comfortable... but in this situation it was different, good vibes were in the air. I introduced myself, "Hey, I'm Taylor," and one of the girls was like, "MY MIDDLE NAME IS TAYLOR," then the other girl excitedly yelled, "MY LAST NAME IS TAYLOR." It was all over from there.

The three of us were bestfriends, we caused a ruckus anywhere we went. As life happens though, one of the three musketeers, wasn't so musketeery anymore but I got to keep what ended up being the bestfriend I've ever had in my life.

Hollye Taylor, we've been bestfriends since we met in 2015 and have lived together in 3 different cities in Phoenix, we have gone through hell and back and never skipped a beat the whole way. Even our cats are in love. I've never felt the phrase "I would take a bullet for you," more than I do with her. The reason being, I know she would do it for me too. She's been through so much throughout her life and I am more than happy to be the person that lifts her up when she's down, as she does for me.

We never competed for anything; boys, jobs, friends. We just did everything together and when we strayed away due to toxic men, we always came right back to each other to lift one another up. We make the most out of every moment. We've traveled all over the country and some; from Arizona to California, from Hawaii with my dad to the Bahamas on a music festival cruise ship. We've laughed so hard we've cried and we've cried so hard we laughed. When you meet someone that supports every ounce of your being and lifts you up with motivation and love, you hold on to that for as long as you can...

In a few weeks, I travel with her across the country in a U-Haul to move her to Louisiana to be with the love of her life....

That's another thing, we've never held each other back, only pushed each other forward, and that is why I am more than happy to help her make her little piece of paradise come true, even though it makes my soul a little sad. Good thing we live in the future and we can talk whenever we want but I can't tell you how much I'll miss waking up in the morning to sharing our dreams from the night before and then making jokes til we're crying laughing about pure nonsense.

Hollye and I have romped around this city to the point that people just group us together. Boyfriends have tried to separate us because they know we'd always choose each other over them. We always understood how that could be stressful, but we never cared. Those boys may or may not be at our weddings one day, but we sure as hell would be, and that's how we viewed it.

After 5 years of our friendship growing and growing to the point that we're sisters now, it's almost our time to part, and we will make the most of it, without question til it's time to drive. Don't doubt that if our lives aren't exactly how we want them in a year, that we'll figure out who needs to move where to put the dream team back together so we can be our happiest selves.

Until then, we will laugh and cry, make magical art and sing and dance until we fall. I couldn't be more thankful that The Universe brought me a bestfriend, a sister and honestly just a human that had more unconditional love for me than anyone besides my family.

Thank you Universe, for my soul sister.

Cheers to friendship, family and good times.