Best Friends with Decades Between Them
Robin will always be one of my best friends. We have been best friends for 23 years between. People ask me how you became friends with a girl from Mississippi? Our mutual love of musician Melissa Etheridge brought us together. Meeting at a friend’s house for the first time in Memphis, Tenn. Some friends gathered for a Your Little Secret party. Sandy had invited this young college student from William Carey University in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Robin was a senior studying Communication at the Christian school supported by the Southern Baptists.
She had a full scholarship and went on to become Student Body President.
We have had so many experiences, and we have had so much fun over the years. She is not just a friend, she is family.
Something magical happened between Robin, Susan, and me at our first meeting. Who knew at the time that our friendship would last for 30 years. We brought wisdom, and she brought energy. Robin has exposed us to a variety of perspectives and experiences. Right after 9-11, she called. She said we need to go to New York City. We should support the people in their grief. We went, and it was an experience I’ll never forget. She has friends all over the country, and we call many of them our friends.
We have been through childbirth and crises with Robin. Many funny stories exist. Cruising the Los Angeles Strip in our brand new 2002 Chevy Avalanche. That truck can get you anywhere you needed to go in under three hours. Even a newborn baby boy couldn’t slow down our chauffeur.
Robin has over 3,000 Facebook friends, and she considers each one a true friend. I’ve always thought it amazing that she would name Susan and me the godparents of her son and daughter. We have made special friends from Mississippi, Florida, and California. She is truly an advocate for the LGBT Community. She leads with compassion for all who struggle with discrimination. She fought racial injustice in her high school in Mississippi. She organized a group of students to remove the Confederate flag from her school mascot.
I was never surprised that she had shut down Las Vegas Boulevard or chained herself to the White House fence. She will never give up fighting for liberty and justice for all.
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