I decided to take a page out of Lisa's book and do a tribute to DeLayna, my best friend whose birthday is today! Happy birthday Del! DeLayna doesn't let anyone but me call her Del, though she does let Trevor get away with it every now and then. The first time I met Del, she had an iguana on her head. We were in 9th grade, and she was my boyfriend's old girlfriend. I was very nervous to meet her. But I liked her immediately. We exchanged notes on the guy, and she was very nice about it. Then Sparkle, our mutual friend, started inviting Del to activities with us. Even though she wasn't on the dance team, (why didn't you ever join, Del?) she was still one of us. We ended up going to the same college, where we became a lot closer. Del and I really developed our friendship in college and beyond. I remember how hard it was when I got home from my mission and she was only home two months with me before she left on her own. How I missed her!
To me, DeLayna is sort of a sage of wisdom. She is the most fascinating person to talk to. She has fascinating opinions and views on the world, and yet she is so tolerant of people different from herself. She is always fair. I love spending an evening with Del becuase I know I will learn something. If there's a world issue, I want to talk it over with her and get her insights. She has made some amazing comments over the years that I have always lived by. Like one time we were talking about day dreaming about boys, and she said something like, "Daydreaming is ok when you are thinking about what YOU are going to do. But as soon as you start imagining what THEY are going to do, you have left reality." I loved that.
Well happy Birthday Del! We're thirty! We have birthdays the same month, and one time on my 18th birthday all my friends forgot about it and Del was the only one I could get my hands on and I reamed her out. I learned that day not to ream people out. She was teaching me even then! Here's a favorite video of mine--one of the few times we got Del on the video camera. It was Christmas of probably '95 when we filmed this. Happy Birthday Del!
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Delayna. I always liked her. She told me about Stinky Cheese Man and she would talk Star trek with me. Not to mention we went to the same High School. Awesome. Happy birthday Delayna!
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