Letter to The friendliest person you knew for only one day

Dear Shirley,

When I saw the task for today, I knew this letter was going to you. You are, hands down, the friendliest person I have ever known for a day. It wasn’t even a whole day, more like a few hours, but I grew to love you just that fast.

We were waiting for the same, delayed flight. Both you and I made trips to the counter to find out what was going on, exchanging grumbles about the incompetence of the airline staff, and snippets of our previous experiences with it. It was already long past our departure time, when they finally told us that it would be at least another hour. “Im going to the bar,” you said, and I knew you were my kinda girl LOL.

I found out you were in the Airforce, on your way to a training op in Germany. Twenty-two years, you said. Wow. You barely looked a day over 30. You were funny as hell, making me and the barkeep laugh for that whole time, waiting for the plane, and we got to sit together once we boarded, too. You spent the whole ride asking me about my boyfriend, who I told you was in the Navy, and what our relationship was like. You offered words of advice and encouragement about how to love a military man, and I left feeling like I had the keys to the kingdom.

I was so excited to have met you, I told my boyfriend all about you, when we talked. I told him all the stories you told me, all the advice you had for us and he was glad that I had met you too. I couldn’t wait to talk to you on Facebook when I got home, but I couldn’t find you. You couldn’t find me either, but luckily, I had given you my business card. You called me at work that next day and we figured it out. We have been checking in ever since. Matter of fact, its been a few weeks. I need to touch base and see if you got to go to Afghanistan or not. I know you were so looking forward to the possibility. Im sending a care package this weekend to another friend of mine, who is stationed over there. Being with my baby and meeting you have made me want to do everything I can to support our folks overseas. If it were either of you over there, I'd want people to look out for you, too.

Anyway, I love you, girl! It was such a pleasure to have met you and I really do hope we have the opportunity to meet again.

Over and out.

Forever, Dig