I Have Pretty Best Friends

So, I don’t technically have a bucket list, it’s really just more in my head than anything else. But whenever this topic of conversation is brought up, every now and then I’ll throw out my secret desire to be published one day. It used to be a not-so-secret desire as my senior superlative was “Most Likely to be Published.” I was the editor of the yearbook, however, and I think I got that vote as a class thank-you more than anything else. Whenever I bring it up, the next question is always, “What would you write your book about?”

I don’t know.

The best thing I can ever come up with is that my best friends from high school would make excellent inspiration for characters if I ever got the nerve to write a fiction novel. My high school friends are so cool. They are six of the most diverse, interesting, and talented women I’ve ever known, and their continued place in my life is a blessing I do not give nearly enough thanks for. While I have no idea where this fictional novel would take place or even what the story line would be, I can tell you that the characters themselves would make the book. It kind of makes me think of the tv show LOST. What a captivating plotline, so many different directions that storyline could have gone, so many deep, rich meanings and ties to cultural and historical backgrounds, yet in the end, it wasn’t really an ending. It didn’t answer specific questions that maybe you wanted it to answer. However, if you were a Lostie like me, the ending wrapped up perfectly in your heart because, although all the cutting-edge technology and uncharted television waters blew us away, we were captivated by the characters. So that’s where my book in my head stands, a fascinating set of characters that you would fall in love with, but a storyline that isn’t fully developed quite yet. Maybe one day.

Because I told you that the most important things in my life are Jesus and my family and friends, I want to introduce you to them. That way, when you read my book one day, you’ll already have a background on the characters. Ah, you’re gonna love them.