Toronto, ON, Canada on the 27th of June, 2014, at 6:52pm
By Silvia G
My best friend and I had met on Instagram in the summer of 2012...
We began to talk everyday and as we grew closer, we just knew we had to meet one day. Her only being in Syracuse, NY and I in Toronto, CA; there wasn’t much more than a few hours driving distance between us.
So on June 27th, 2014, she and her mom set out to Toronto to meet me, just 2 days before her birthday. I had never been so excited and scared at the same time, before.
When I finally received that message that she was in her hotel room and in a matter of hours, we’d be meeting for dinner. The nerves and excitement were racking up as we continued to text nonstop about how long we’d be waiting for this moment to arrive. At 6:52pm that evening is when it finally did. It is the exact moment our first picture of us hugging had been taken (thanks to our moms).
Meeting my best friend in real life for the first time felt like a movie scene, I just could not believe she was real and this moment was happening.
Flashing forward almost 5 years, we’ve seen each other countless times and even have a matching tattoo together. We’ve created so many memories and having this star map will show just how much that day meant to both of us.