Stephanie Joanna Smith

This is for you. Blondie&Brunette saving the Earth one day at a time.

You know when you have a true friend when you don't even have to speak to one another when you're together; it's lovely to just be sat in one another's company.
Our friendship blossomed sat on the bus. When one day, I was sat on my own and you came and asked if you could sit with me. The rest is history. Haha, no, really, something happened, we clicked, on the same wavelength kind of thing. People used to say we were alike before we were even friends, they would even say we looked alike, especially when you had your hair cut shorter. How weird to think it was 4 years ago (I think!) when our friendship began.
But anyway, I owe you many a thank you’s and I have no idea where to even start writing or what to start thinking now as all I can think about is the fact that in 3 months time, school will be over and we shall not see each other every day, which will be just plain wrong. Our bus journey is almost over darling, you know what I’m talking about, and this is making me tear up right now, however I know we’ll both have window seats on the next journey we take, whether it be together or not, whether we’ll be opposite sides of the world, we’ll sort something out.
When I moved here, 6 years and 7 months ago, I couldn’t imagine the pain in making friends and building friendships again and never in my wildest dreams did I think about making a best friend like you, but I did. A friend who insists on me not apologising all the time for things I do or say, who sticks by me, believes in my dreams more than I do, tells me to go for everything and encourages me and influences me every single day without even knowing. You go to school and I know you’re not feeling good, and you know I’m not either, you always pick me up though first, then I pick you up and it works. We’re a team. You know I’m always here and I know you’re always here too.
Your dreams are just as big as mine and yours are much more difficult to achieve, but it doesn’t matter because I know for a fact you will. You’re already an actress in my eyes, you don’t have to have been nominated for an Oscar or been part of a Hollywood blockbuster to be called an actress, an actress is someone who can give another’s mind, body and soul a voice and with that, bring it all to life and I’ve seen you do that.
You know for a fact, there is ton more I could write here but I don’t think I will, I just needed to put out to the world what an indescribable friend you are. I’m going to write you a letter actually for you to open on our last day of school.

Love L x

p.s. This is the first of a series of blogs about people who influence me in life.