Dee Sipes

Deirdre Elizabeth Darlene Sipes... My best friend, my should have been sister, my pain in the tushy :) We joke that we have known each other in previous lives, and in each of those lives I have bossed her around.. Odd.. you wouldn't think that by looking at us. We met in the winter of 1982. I was 13 and looked 10. She was 13 and looked 18. We didn't hit it off at first, but when we did.. you couldn't have seperated us with dynamite.. She was everything I wasn't.. loud and proud. Athletic.. not afraid of anyone.I would as soon just curl up with a book or a doodle pad.. Not to say I didn't sass off my friends, but I just didn't have her fearlessness..I wanted so much to be what she was, forthright and not afraid to tell people what she thought.. We have gone to school together, traded secrets, dreams, and boyfriends. We lived together for almost 6 years and pulled it off better than most friends could. Our tastes have changed alot of over the years, we have grown and our lives have taken different directions.. and yet there is a bond there that can't be broken. She accepts me unconditionally, without reservations.. Sometimes I feel that she is a better friend to me than I am to her. She's my sister across time, and I will always be greatful for her friendship.Click here to see my tribute to my friend.