Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Lezlie is my oldest and dearest friend from High School. She and I shared some wonderful memories together. Shortly after high school, I moved to Alabama. Lezlie stayed and attended college in our hometown before deciding on a career with the airlines. I remember I was apprehensive about her choice. Lezlie wasn't. She was the type of person to embrace change and chose not to live in fear. It was a career that would take her around the world, traveling and meeting many different people and experiencing new cultures. Lezlie and I were very different in most ways. I think that is what attracted me to her. She was poised, polished and confident. Although those are wonderful attributes, what I most loved about her was her infectious laugh (my mind can still recall it and replays it for me to hear) and her enthusiasm for life. She was always a positive person, always accepting of others, non-judgmental, self-sacrificing and she loved her family and friends deeply. I never saw she and her brother Lance fight- ever. Siblings, when young, usually argue and don't want to be around each other, but I never witnessed it. Lezlie and Lance, her mother and father were always so close. The 4 musketeers comes to mind when I think of their relationship. I remember Lezlie being far ahead of the clothing trends and she loved the color red. It was her color for sure. I remember she started wearing a pair of red cowboy boots, no one wore red cowboy boots. Many, many years later, I was at her house in North Carolina and what did I see in her closet- those same red cowboy boots! Money well spent for sure. Once I find the "right" pair, I plan to buy them- in honor of this wonderful girl. Over the past thirty-eight years, Lezlie and I would travel between Alabama and Georgia, then Louisiana and North Carolina to spend a little time together. The last time being a girls trip to Miami. We hadn't seen each other in a while, but it was as though no time had passed. We picked right up, no awkwardness, no hesitation. Just two people who shared a strong connection, unbroken by time. She was my best friend. I dearly loved her and appreciated our differences. My last words to her were "I love you and I miss you". Written by text on Thanksgiving day 2020. I'm so glad I keep my messages, as I didn't get to speak those words to her again. Gone too soon. Until we meet again my dear girl....
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