Long Distance Soulmates

It's been a minute since we've gotten deep on here, so welcome back. Today we are talking about living over 2,000 miles away from the people I chose to be my family. I don't know how many people can relate, but to the people in long distance friendships... the one who get it, get it and the ones who don't, don't.

I might as well just publish my journal on here... except that would get me in a lot of trouble.

I have to start out by saying I love my life here in Hawaii, I LOVE my friends here, and recently I finally am starting to feel like I am working my way up in my career. #girlboss

However, I will always feel like a piece of my heart is missing because over the course of many many years I found my soulmates. They are in the form of these smart beautiful fun hilarious girls who have been there for me through so many stages of my life that I could thank them for the rest of my days and that still wouldn't be enough.

I get asked almost once a month by people visiting the island, "Are you ever going to move back to Sacramento?" For the first two years here I respectfully responded back with "Hell no." The answer is still very similar but if I ever did move back to the mainland it would be for those soulmates. The soulmates that are so amazing because they understand why I am here in Hawaii and even better they understand how to cheer me on and love me from afar.

This blog post was originally going to be centered around how weird it feels to be so happy for my friends that are so far away and be so happy to be close to my friends here and cry from excitement when my friends get engaged (YAY EMILY AND SHAUN) or are having a baby (SARAH) and then feel sadness because I am the one that is so far away but then feel so grateful that I still get to be apart of their lives and be grateful that whenever I fly home everyone drops what their doing to see me and then feel pure sadness at even the thought of leaving this beautiful life that I created and the friends I would be heartbroken to leave on island because I know exactly how that feels because I have already left my very best friends in the world. (Woah run-on sentence)

Now, I feel as if this is a love letter to my best friends at home, you know who you are, ya cuties.

I love you guys, I love that you are progressing in careers, becoming wives, becoming moms, getting new jobs, and just being straight up badasses. I just want to say I am so damn proud of you guys.

It is so hard to be far away from the some of the best people I've ever met in my life and the people you just want to go grab a dirty martini (with blue cheese olives) with after a long day of work. I wish I was closer and I know the solution... everyone move here.

So, to the friendships that have lasted through long distance relationships, to the friendships that will last forever, and to the people who are lucky enough to find their platonic soul mates. I feel you, I get it, and high freaking five.

Basically what I am saying is get a village that gets you, make sure that you have a village that supports you, and get a village with an incredible sense of humor because that makes everything better.

xoxo Jules

To Taylor, Tayler, Emily, Brittani, Sarah, Cyrene, Morgan, Brittney, Haley, Dreya, Krystal...

Even if we've known each other for 20 years or 2...

Thank you.

Also, shout out to Bishop, he probably won't read this but the is one of my bffs, so thank you for being you.

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