Susan Hatchett is not only an intelligent, wise, sexy, talented woman and the artist behind my Knight in Shining Armour picture, she's also a special kind of friend.
I've known and loved my other best mates since we had cooties (Callan: besties from day one of grade one,) for more than half my life (Nikki: bonkers together since '99,) or from the days of the high school yard (Meegs and Milly: fellow trashbag winos). But Suz and I found each other as I was easing in to my 20s and she was ever so gracefully easing out of hers.
Becoming really close friends with someone new in your 20s is a special thing and one that I had never previously experienced. Sure, I had made friends with people other than my high school crowd, but they were work friends, party friends, travelling friends or friends of friends. That's not to say they aren't all amazing, interesting individuals, but none of them really got me like my other besties.
The best friendships you make are the ones that hum quietly in the background of your life without creating too much interfering noise. Bit by bit, the melody of the friendship grows louder and clearer until one day the music swells to a crescendo and one of you wonders aloud: how did we even get to be so close? You both pause for a second to think about it, but neither of you really know the answer, it all just sort of happened.
Then it's like you have known each other forever and as far as you can see into the future, you will always know this person. Before you know it you're each others' 'Knight in Shining Armour' and no matter what you've made a friend for life.
xo
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