I don’t take the time to be grateful for everything I have in my life like I should. However, what I realize that I have that not everyone is fortunate enough to have is a person. I don’t mean a friend, a significant other, or a relative. I mean a person that is the one and only one you can go to with absolutely anything in your life. Nothing is off limits! No one understands you like the other. Someone that you can be brutally honest with. No other that says exactly what you need to hear at that moment. Someone you can talk to daily. Your biggest fan. Your biggest protector.
I have a lot of great people in my life. No one is like my person, Ruth. Yes, she is my cousin. She is one of my best friends, and more like a sister. But she surpasses any role that any other person has ever had or will ever have in my life. We are 2 years apart. When we were younger, we always had a special bond. Throughout the years it only got stronger! As kids I recall Ruth being someone, I had a lot of fun with. You could find us playing Barbies, riding bikes, sledding, skating, and singing (Ruth was ALWAYS singing – she has an incredible voice). I don’t recall being bored as a kid, because no matter what we always found something to do. There were some difficult times in our childhood that I won’t go into now. Regardless of what was happening around us, we were each other’s support system.
During our teenage years, I’d say it is safe to say that was a time where we drifted a little. I was very involved in sports, and Ruth was very involved with partying. Our paths didn’t connect in those years as much. Don’t get me wrong, if anyone even so much as looked at me wrong, she was right there to tell them to back off. No one was EVER going to touch her May May. During these years I questioned a lot of what she was doing because even though she didn’t realize what she was capable of then, I certainly did. Ruth was smart enough (told ya) to realize she didn’t want to stay in the same small town she was raised in and work at a pizzeria her whole life. She enlisted in the Air Force. I remember being so proud of her, but so sad at the same time. I told you she was my person that was my constant. People came in and out of my life, but not Ruth. How was I going to make it without her around?
Not only did she make it in the Air Force, she did better than anyone could have ever expected. She turned that one life decision to into a very successful career. She always wanted to better to always get that next promotion. She is simply amazing. Now she kicks ass and takes names like a boss. She still managed to be there for me though. Distance didn’t get in the way of our relationship. For the difficult breakups, college graduations, a funeral, and family Christmas she was there.
Before we knew it, we are adults (whatever that means). We don’t have this whole thing called life figured out, but together it makes it so much easier. We are not sappy people at all, so I won’t start now. But I am truly so fortunate to have my person in my life. I do not know what I would do without her. No one knows what else life has in store for us. I do know that with Ruth in my life everything will always be okay.
Ruthless Lifestyle 