For a new spin on Valentine's Day, I interviewed my best friend about our platonic love story! We created this episode to share about the sweetness of our friendship and also to offer insight into the wonders of being willing to have difficult conversations in a safe, secure connection. We’ve been kids together. We went to college together. We followed each other around the world. We have been raising our own kids together in community. We’ve been through the beauty and the shadow sides together. We’re all in. There’s something incredibly special about being witnessed throughout your entire life by another person. I feel seen by Melanya and she by me. We’re real with each other in a way that is informed by grace, acceptance, and mutual adoration. I hope that you’ll enjoy the giggle fest that follows. It’s somewhat difficult to follow what we’re saying at first because we have a style of talking where we both talk simultaneously and in my excitement to have my best friend on the podcast, I kept finishing her sentences, and likewise she could read my mind and finish my statements. So, our interview is full of tangents started and best friend references that are mostly intelligible to the auditory observer. The tone that comes across is giddy and reminds me of sleepover vibes of yore. Although you may be left with stories unfinished and narrations erupting into laughter, the love that we wanted to convey definitely comes through. The song for this podcast is “Wise Old Woman” by Alice DiMicele because Melanya and I have visions of becoming grandmother crone types that do handwork projects together in our elder years while visiting in our side by side rocking chairs. So, without further ado, here is our bubbly, goofy, but completely adoring friend love story for this special Valentine’s Day of “The Positive Fantastic” podcast. We hope to share a conversation every season. Enjoy our part 1!