One of my closest friends in the entire world and my favorite lesbian is Maci Lynn Furr, and today is her 16th birthday!!!! Her party was this Saturday, and not only was it my first time meeting her mom and sister, but it was also the day I fell in the road and got beat up. So, you know, memorable. Maci always says bad things happen on her birthday, and honestly, I’m starting to believe it. She might be cursed… (just kidding I love you so so much Maci <3). Anyways, about the love of my life, Maci. There’s honestly so many amazing things to be said about her. She’s smart, kind, funny, and doesn’t let people push her around.
I actually mentioned her in my Coffee House poem. Granted, not her specifically, but I reference “my favorite people” which means her, my friend Livi (vote her for junior rep), and my amazing baby Rj who sadly couldn’t come with us to this school (he is dearly missed…). The creek referenced in the poem is actually her creek. It’s out in the woods by her house and some of my favorite memories are from the time spent swimming and laughing in that creek during this summer. Maci truly holds a special place in my heart; we became friends this time last year (give or take a few days) and she quickly became one of the people that I love the most. The most interesting part of our friendship, to me, is finding out we’re actually related in a way. Her maternal aunt is married to my cousin and we now share cousins. I found out at our little cousin’s 6th birthday party actually, which is very on topic for this blog if you ask me.
Maci truly is one of the most important people in my life. She’s one of the people I go to when I’m struggling. Whether it be problems with my family or a bad day I had, she’s always been willing to listen. I still remember the first time I opened up to her. We had only been friends for around a month and a half at that point, and I was having a horrible day. It was so bad that I couldn’t even go home, since we had another family living with us at the time, so I just sat in an old church parking lot crying. I’m not sure how our conversation started, but I started telling her every bad thing that had happened and how stressed I was by having another family in my space. She listened and refused to judge me for venting. Also, one thing about me is that my favorite word is sorry, and I will spam that word whether the situation is my fault or not. Well, I told Maci I was sorry for bothering her, and she wasn’t having any of that. I’m paraphrasing here, but she said something along the lines of “Georgia. You are not bothering me! I am your friend and I care about you.”
She told me what I needed to hear most in that moment, which is a common theme for her. She always has my back with a place to stay or a shoulder to cry on, and I couldn’t be happier that she fell into my life that fateful, August day.
My dearest Maci, I’m so happy that you’re 16, and I really hope this year treats you right.
(me and the beautiful, gorgeous, birthday girl right before the disaster)
Tell Maci I said happy birthday! I love seeing supportive friends.
I love when people rant about their best friends, this is so freaking cute, and happy belated birthday to Maci!
such a sweet friendship !!!!!
awww this is so sweet, she really seems like an awesome friend!
She really is. I love her so so much