After 37 years of BFFs it has really hit me how lucky I was to have Mo in my life. (The two of us are on the left in the photo above. We were headed out with more of our BFFs to our 20 year class reunion.) I love the story of Mo and me. Mo is the daughter of my dad's cousin. We were born one day apart (Geminis, of course). I was born first and the story goes that Mo's Mom's Aunt (my grandma's sister) worked in the hospital where Mo was being born. This aunt put a note on Mo's Mom's meal tray saying, "Freddy (my dad) had a baby girl!" and then Mo's mom had Mo. I'm not sure how accurate that story is but that is how I like to believe our friendship began before birth.
When Mo was two she moved to the same town as me. We were in the same kindergarten class so we went to the first day together. We took turns deciding what we'd do at recess. This lasted on and off until middle school where we became even MORE inseprabale. By 9th grade we were locker partners, played on the volleyball team together and then hung out some more. In college we lived in the dorms next to each other but were roommates by Junior year. Of course.
Where am I going with this?
Let me tell you. Being an introvert I really only needed Mo as a friend for most of my life, with a few back ups for the days she missed recess or was traveling. (She traveled a lot.)
This is my daughter's second week of going to school all day. She doesn't have a Mo to play with. No back ups. Not even any annoying boys pulling her hair on the playground. It is killing me. She's shy and I'm sure she'd never approach someone to see if they would want to play with her. (I was 17 before I ever, ever talked to someone I didn't know, and that was only because I was getting paid to do so at my Mall Job.)
I'm on a mission to find her a Mo. I'm going to go up to school, have lunch, scout out some girls I think look nice (and hopefully with non-incarcerated parents, but I'll take what I can get.) I'm also signing up to be a Girl Scout leader. I'm hoping to find a Mo and a few backups.
Here's Britta with her first BFF who early entranced into kindergarten then got moved to the challenge program school. Next time find someone not on the education fast track Britta!
Here she is with BFF #2. Evan transferred to the private school. Next time don't find such an elitist Britta, even if he is super cute!
