Boo-tiful friendship

Halloween night 2015, the night my best friend saved my daughter.

Earlier that night I was at home preparing to go out trick or treating with my oldest girl, she was only 2 at the time & I was 3 months pregnant with my youngest girl. We were with my aunt & her 2 children, who are just a few years older than my girl. She was telling me she met a mum at the school she got on quite well with, so we were going to meet her & her daughter to go around the houses together. That was fine, we fed the kids & got them all dressed up, ready to go to walk down & meet them… Little did I know, we'd end up lifelong friends.

My oldest was dressed up as a cute, little, pink pirate & of course wanted her makeup done, some eyeliner wings to be precise & some pink eye-shadow. She hasn't changed all that much, but now she's moved on to all the other cosmetics, she can cake her face in. Typical pre -pre teen. There were three of them, my now best friend, her daughter & her sister. I didn't really know what to say at first, they were both quite tall & her daughter was dressed up as a witch. I remember thinking they were very shy & not very talkative, nothing like my aunt & me, we were probably more outspoken than we should have been. They introduced themselves & told me how they met my aunt, the more time we spent together, the more they came out of their shell & started talking about different things they enjoyed.

She enjoyed knitting & crocheting & even offered to make me a nice blanket for my unborn daughter, which was really amazing of her; it's still one of my daughter's favourite blankets today. Her daughter was a very nice, young girl, she was coming up to her last few years of primary school, the same way my daughter is now. She enjoys drawing, is very good at nail art & likes listening to music, mostly the same genre as me, which was pretty cool. We had walked quite a distance, all around our local area, trying to run off all the sugar the kids had consumed, before bed time. We decided to go to my mum's house, as she always had some good treats, to give out to the children who brightened her door step.

A quick hello & a few bags, full of goodies later, we were off to find more loot. Now my mum's street was usually full of children, out playing football, running around, playing tig & usually not looking where they're going. For some reason, despite this, it didn't stop drivers from tearing up the street too fast, they'd come barrelling around the corner & whack their foot down on the accelerator, going full speed down the road, completely ignorant to pedestrians & the children that filled the street, making this area pretty dangerous at times.

Well as if to prove my point, my oldest, being overly excited to go to the next house, pulled her reins right from my hand & ran straight out onto the road, just as a car was coming. I froze! Unable to move any limbs to run & grab her. Everything started going slow & I could feel my whole body run cold preparing for the worst. Just at that, this woman I had just met, lunges towards my daughter, quick as a flash, scoops her up & carries her to safety. Unable to believe it but so thankful & super emotional from my pregnancy hormones, I hug her & thank her over & over again, cuddling my child & ready to take on the driver of the car. Feeling awful with myself for freezing, I guess I was angry but none the less, he did not want to mess with me at this point! I was ready to take him down! Fortunately for him, he did not dare get out of his car. Shaking & almost hyperventilating, she talked me down, telling me its not my fault I froze, these things happen & I'm not a bad parent. Helping me calm down we were able to carry on with the rest of our night. That will always be a scary but fond memory. I don't like to think what might have happened if she hadn't been there.

Ever thankful we exchanged numbers & added one another on Facebook, we remained close, having sleep overs, spa nights, days out. Our friendship was blooming. She was the maid of honour at my wedding, she's been there for me through so much, helping me with my girls, around the house, birthday parties, Easter, Christmas, you name it, she's been there & helped me without question, each & every single time, I've only known her going on nine years but I feel like I've known her my whole life. It's not everyday you meet someone & you just click with them, she was my aunt's friend, but we just had more of a connection, we got on better & had more things in common. I'm so glad to have her in my life & I hope she continues to be until we are wreaking havoc in a nursing home together

Thanks

Redhead xx