November 3rd, 2008

Dear Friend,
Recently my relationship with someone has changed. Not to say that relationships with others aren’t constantly changing, but this time it changed into something permanent, something stronger. Joshua and I had always been really close friends, but over the last month or so it has just been this renewed kind of friendship. A kind of friendship where you laugh at all the same things and cry at all the same things. A kind of friendship where we both crave the same food at the same time. A kind of friendship where he just knows that I need him to be around even if I don’t say it. So I have looked back on our past years together and how our friendship has grown and decided to make him a mix cd for his favorite holiday, Halloween. The songs are as follows

Died in Your Arms Tonight (Remix)- Smitty ft. T-pain
I’m Cool- Anthony Hamilton
I’m Yours- Jason Mraz
Home- Michael Bublé
I Dare You to Move- Switchfoot
Just the Way You Are- Billy Joel
I’ll Run- The Cab
Let the Drummer Kick- Citizen Cope
Bubbly- Colbie Caillat
There’s Hope- India Arie
Breakdown- Jack Johnson
Jammin’- Bob Marley
Wordplay- Jason Mraz
Christopher Robin- Kenny Loggins
Hope- Twista and Faith Evans
Wonderwall – Oasis
Died in Your Arms Tonight- Smitty ft. T-pain

The first and the last song are the same because it is the very first song we ever listened to with each other. Every time that we have an awesome time that song has somehow always been incorporated and when I think of music and Joshua that is the first thing that comes to mind. I hope the same can ring true for him. I hope this is a CD he can listen to and think of me. A CD he can laugh to, can cry to, can reminisce to. Mostly I hope it brings him as much emotion as it has brought to me while I remembered all the different memories with all the different songs. I have decided to call it “Swimming in Remembrance”

My mom cries at the end of nearly every movie.
My sister always had the tissues ready for my mom at the end of the movie.
My dad can show you the full extent of his anger with one look.
My brother gives the best hugs.
My Grandma always has on the brightest pink lipstick.