#14: NEED

The 14th May-Photo-A-Day: "NEED"

"I will always need the girls."

Here is the stationary I adapted and designed, to ask my 3 best friends to be my bridesmaids: Chloe (MOH), Lauren and Angelique. 

CHLOE: Will You Be My MOH? Stationary (adapted).

I need Chloe as my MOH because she is my other third.. We have been best friends since we were 10 (I met her like this: #4) and our children will be best friends and will most likely marry... Chloe and her future husband will join Te and I on our wrap-around-stoep one day when we old - four happy old people sitting in our rocking chairs as we reminisce about our funny and beautiful memories. 

I NEED Chloe next to me on my wedding for so many reasons: firstly my dream wedding wouldn't be complete with out her and secondly she knows me better then I know myself and has shared every momentous occasion in my life with me. Our AWESOME future husbands know that when they asked us to be their wives... they were welcoming both of us into their lives - FOR LIFE: like a jail sentence but much more fun because they get to be apart of our silliness and inside jokes. 

Te's favourite at the moment is a "high 5" moment belonging to Chloe. Like all great stories begin: Once upon a time Chloe and I decided that we need money, so we took up a job as shooter girls. A kind person approach us and held up his hand like you would when asking for a "high-five" and progressed to ask Chlo for "Five, please." Thats exactly what the lovely Chloe gave this friendly person a big, HIGH-5 hand smacking! He looked rather puzzled and thats when I whispered in her ear... "I think he would like 5 shooters." LOL... I guess I owe her an opportunity as a a guest blogger to air my silly antics one day - could be fun.

Ang & La: Will You Be My Bridesmaid? Stationary (designed).

Lolli's Sailoress Bachelorette
Me, Chlo, Lolli & Ang

Lolli's wedding Day: La, Me and Chlo.
And there are those "DEER" eyes again: Creepy much.
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So when meeting Chlo who would of known that my family would be extended as they welcomed me into their lives as one of their own. La and Chlo just happen to be cousins.. you must see their ridiculously gorgeous gene pool - every single one of the lot happens to be beautiful! La's friendship with us has grown over the years - her being the older cousin and us being the younger wanna-be-cool "kids".. eventually our ages evened out and La became one of my best friends and a key person who has helped to shape me, well into me.. 

I always say I wouldn't be me with out La.. Why? La was like the finishing school I never had... she schooled me in fashion and make-up, she assisted with the do's and don'ts regarding boys, she always looked out for me and often caught me when I fell and most of all she helped me become a lady. La always reminded me of my worth and what I deserve - only the very BEST.  

We have made so many incredible memories together from Suncity, to Sandlameer, to my slop "making" a rather embarrassing sound, to Kysna, Hermanus, Arabella and Cape Town. We have been spoilt with the most funniest moments together. La and I could always dance the night away - we proceeded to live up to this at her Sailor Themed bachelorette party. 

Ang, Me & Chloe

Chlo, me & Lolli

Ang and I have been friends since we were two. My first memory I have of us is crying for our older brothers in nursery school who were on the other side of the fence in the big kids area. We shared many birthday parties and play dates while we were at nursery school. We lost touch for a little bit when we both went to different Primary Schools but soon rekindled our friendship - that's when it became an Ang, Chlo and Me trio. 

We have shared so much and have practically become grown up's together. We have always been there for one another and between us we have shared the do's and don't's of life - warning the others when the don't had been done. Our poor mother's... we really were a handful but thankfully we all turned out pretty okay and in one piece and thats most probably because we had each other. 

Ang is now a mother herself and an incredible one at that.. She really is a role model on a "mothers love for her child".. I love that we have been able to share so many stages of life together from first kisses to first heartbreaks to dancing the night away, to learning how to drive and all the wonderful memories in-between. We just all happen to have found the men of our dreams and all three of us are engaged and in the process of planning our weddings. Just another special milestone we get to share together. 

I am so blessed to have friendships with so much history behind us.

I have the most perfect husband-to-be but I will always NEED my special girls!

xxx

TheFutureMrsOrpen: De

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