Mariezee!

The last few days we have been talking about friends.  Today is about Marie.  Oh the stories I could tell about Marie! Hehehehe  But I will try and keep this clean.  Note, I said TRY!

I met Marie when she was Marie Huntley.  She was a single mom to one daughter, Jessica, with multiple disabilities.  She had gone to high school with my ex husband and unlike many of the people that I had come to meet in Randolph, she welcomed me with open arms.  Other people were friendly, but they had their own group of friends already, and I just didn’t feel like I fit in.

Time had passed and Marie had married Jeff Norton and had 2 more beautiful daughters.  We weren’t really in each other’s lives at this point.  I am not quite sure why.  I don’t even remember how we found our way back to each other.  It must have been when our oldest were going to school together at Braintree Elementary School. I suddenly found myself with a partner in crime.

Marie liked to go out and dance, and so did I, and I like to have a few drinks, and Marie doesn’t drink making her the designated driver.  She would pick me up and we would go off dancing.  Oftentimes my now ex-husband would go to.  Over time it becomes just Marie and I more and more. We would have a blast.  The only trouble is, you never knew what time you would get home.  Marie has this knack of always finding out where the best after parties are, and you always end up at one, so you might not get home until 5, 6, 7 in the morning.

I love this girl.  She has seen me through some tough shit too.  Seen me fall down and pick myself up (LITERALLY – Right Marie???).  Through it all we’ve been there for each other.  When she had a house fire, Hillary and I came to her in a nasty snowstorm and then spent the weekend with her cleaning up from the fire.  We’ve held each others hands has we’ve had our hearts broke, we’ve covered each other’s backs, we’ve laughed until we’ve peed (ok that was me before bladder surgery – I’m tellin’ ya – best surgery ever!), and she even joined weight watchers with me before my wedding.

She knows my struggles with my weight, as she struggles too.  I know she is 100% behind my decision to have this surgery. I had been researching this program for a long time, but this girl had the guts to go to the seminar before me.  You are a brave soul girl.  If you ever decide to have the surgery like me you know that I am 100% on your side.