My Best Friend, Nadya
Best Friends Forever!!
Let me introduce yall to my best friend…Nadya!! Who would have known that this excellent, hilarious, down to earth, sassy, sweet, passionate, beautiful, and caring woman that would become my bestie back in 2015?
She Showed Me God. I actually walked away from God during my depression. I did not want anything to do with Him because I felt everything I believed in was a lie and that if He was so real that He wouldn’t have allowed me to go through so much pain. I stopped going to church, I stopped praying, I even made myself stop saying things like, “ Thank you, Jesus.” Anything Spiritual, I stopped.
Upsetting me on so many levels, I used to hate when she’d tell me that God was going to fix it or that she was praying for me, or when I would see her at church praising God, I would think, “why are you so faithful? Why are you so wrapped up in a God that does so little?” But she never gave up on me. She never stopped talking about how wonderful God was and how much He had done and was doing for her. Even when she was going through so much, she continued to believe and praise Him with her whole heart.
With a loving and gentle soul, she never judged and gave me the space I needed to be angry. I finally started praying and believing again. And you who was there to celebrate with me? Nadya!!
This Girl Made Me Cry. First and foremost, before I got all tangled up with Mrs. Nadya, crying was not something I did; well, at least not in public. I hated showing my emotions. I’d just wait until I made it home to cry my eyes out. I blame the Navy. Primarily due to being a woman, I’ve had to swallow a lot of emotions over the years. I can have problems stacked to the ceiling and ready to throw in the towel, but that is never an option. I don’t know how she did it, but she broke down a wall and touched the emotional part of my heart. Thanks, Best Friend, now I cry all the time!
She Pists Me Off!! OMG!! O.M.G!! This woman makes me so mad with her, You’re-Not-Getting-Off-The-Hook, or her, I’m-Going-To-Say-It-Even-If-It-Makes-You-Mad face! AAAHHH! Oh, and do you know how much I hate having to tell that she was right? But she’s my best friend, and that was what best friends do.
She Pours Life Into Me. From depression to break-ups, this girl has been by my side with a pint of ice cream, tissues, and girl flicks. She reminds me of just how great I am and tells me that God has my 12, my three, my six, my nine, and everything in between. She’s my cheerleader.
We Talk About Everything. There is no other person I’d rather laugh with about farting and being stinky with. Who does that? There is not a topic off the table when it comes to us. We have even gone as far as researching a lot of them. Those topics are the utmost Top Secret, and I can not and will not disclose those topics here. Just know our loyalty is written in blood.
My Soul Sister! I can talk for days, especially about my Soul Sister, but I promised myself not to make this article a 10-minute read. At the moment, we have a long-distance relationship, and the Corna Virus is preventing us from traveling. I can not count how many times I call her a week just to give her an update of my life, and because I miss her. She will be my Maid/Madrid of Honor at my wedding, she will be my Doula and Auntie for all my babies, we will party at our 30th birthday, and we will continue to laugh when we are 110. I didn’t know the feeling of having a sister until I met Nadya, and she holds a special key to my heart. Thank you, lady, for just being you!
Love,
Bree
