After a long time, I gave in to one of my guilty pleasures. Reading a chick-lit! I read about epistolary novels – literary pieces written as a series of letters or journal entries. I love letters. They have the power to bring hidden emotions to the surface. One just has to start and the rest pours in. So, I decided I had to read someone else’s letters! Nothing can beat the thrill of going through someone else’s personal stuff :P Okay, I sound like a pervert now.
Moving on, I picked up Rainbow Rowell’s ‘Attachments’. It seemed contemporary since the exchange was in the form of emails. And, it was between two friends who work at the same place! As soon as I had read the first few emails, only one person came to my mind – M. That could have been us in the book. Funny, witty, angry, emotional, crabby, random. Yep, we are all that as we constantly IM each other at work.
When I look back, I honestly don’t know how I ever survived without her. I do have a lot of friends at work and outside of it. Even then, I kept looking for that one friend who shares the same wavelength as me. M is definitely the chosen one. We get excited about craft sales, become emotional looking at newspaper articles, go crazy over discounts, are passionate about work, share a common love for food. Even our flaws are the same - over thinking and the inability to say no :D
I don’t think she realizes how big a void she has filled in my life. She has kept me strong whenever I felt like breaking down. Several times, her message in the chat window has brought me back from the brink of a meltdown. She has helped me make some of my best memories and made my untold wishes come true :) I wish I could tell her what she means to me. She is like that favorite sweater, one which takes the shape of the body and fills it with warmth, always preferred over the pile of new clothes, comforting and reassuring just by its presence.
Every girl needs another girl who can have her back. I am lucky to have two women in my life who are always making my life better and beautiful. My sister and M – my two best friends. I hope I can do the same for them.
Moving on, I picked up Rainbow Rowell’s ‘Attachments’. It seemed contemporary since the exchange was in the form of emails. And, it was between two friends who work at the same place! As soon as I had read the first few emails, only one person came to my mind – M. That could have been us in the book. Funny, witty, angry, emotional, crabby, random. Yep, we are all that as we constantly IM each other at work.
When I look back, I honestly don’t know how I ever survived without her. I do have a lot of friends at work and outside of it. Even then, I kept looking for that one friend who shares the same wavelength as me. M is definitely the chosen one. We get excited about craft sales, become emotional looking at newspaper articles, go crazy over discounts, are passionate about work, share a common love for food. Even our flaws are the same - over thinking and the inability to say no :D
I don’t think she realizes how big a void she has filled in my life. She has kept me strong whenever I felt like breaking down. Several times, her message in the chat window has brought me back from the brink of a meltdown. She has helped me make some of my best memories and made my untold wishes come true :) I wish I could tell her what she means to me. She is like that favorite sweater, one which takes the shape of the body and fills it with warmth, always preferred over the pile of new clothes, comforting and reassuring just by its presence.
Every girl needs another girl who can have her back. I am lucky to have two women in my life who are always making my life better and beautiful. My sister and M – my two best friends. I hope I can do the same for them.
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