Note to Myself # 15

Best friends

together through thick and Thin Mints,

through boyfriends and husbands

and often back to boyfriends

(if we're so inclined). . .

a sounding board

a person who'll tell you the truth

with love, when possible

and with no-holds-barred when not.

A person who loves you

when you're wearing no makeup

and your house is a mess,

and who's willing to go on vacation

with you when you just have to get outta town.

Who'll tell you secrets

and never, ever repeat yours.

To whom you say, "I'm on my way," 

when a crisis arises,

no matter what day or time or situation.

Who may sometimes make you mad,

but who would never ever vote for Trump

so you forgive her

(and she forgives you when ---

though it rarely happens ---

you annoy the hell out of her).

A sister 

in everything but birth.