It has been an intense week, with good and bad things, important, powerful and emotionally charged, a week in which she was present every moment.
In life, there are certain events that you know are going to happen because it is inevitable that they will, they may be good or bad, but you already know they will happen, and my week started off too intense, shocking, with events that caused extreme emotional stress, and my body suffered from so much stress... and she was there. She is always there.
We have known each other for 29 years, most of my life, and we have been there for each other during important events in our lives. We always said that we are twins separated at birth, but two years apart. I am lucky, very lucky, to have such a treasure as a friend, who knows when one of us is feeling down without even having to say a word. It's like how twins feel, which is rare to find... to think that she sought me out, I was sitting alone and she saw me so shy and lonely... she insisted until we became as close as if we were one.
We lived 100 km apart, we saw each other little, we talked little, once she moved to her hometown. But we could feel each other in our hearts, and when I left the country seven years ago... she was the one who took me to the airport, and every kilometre of distance made our relationship grow. Today we talk every day about everything! She is my right-hand woman, she can even dispose of my ashes, that kind of trust is not common and I have it in her.
I have known her for so long, and yet that growing bond is what surprises me most every day. It is like a rope that was created the day I left, and every day it gets stronger. I had a very tough week, and she was my right-hand woman, filling in for me and doing everything as if she were me. Despite the nerves and stress, she was my eyes, my ears, my heart in a difficult situation. She was there every moment. I don't know if there is a word greater than thank you, but if there were, that's what I would say to you, my friend.
I am surprised that so much distance has made this feeling so strong and that it has grown so much, and I am grateful for that every day. It was a difficult week, which culminated in my birthday, and she knew I wasn't well and she was there. Few people do that. In the face of complicated things, I had her unconditional support and even more, much more. She knows what I'm talking about.
Every day she reads my post, and when I'm late posting, she sends me a message and says, ‘Where's today's post?’ She's there every second, she's my big sister. I'm amazed at how this beautiful relationship, which began one day at university in 1996, has grown. That's so long ago, yet it feels as close as if it were today. She knows me, everything about me, my inner self, my crazy side, my witchy side, my everything. The universe has given me the greatest treasure in the world: my friend Claudia. Every day, I am amazed by this wonderful relationship that grows and grows with the passage of time and distance.
I am fortunate to have this wonderful friendship that has lasted so many years, and I loved writing about it and for her, especially on these special days. This is one of the great weekend topics that 
Thank you for joining me today. I wish you all a very good weekend. See you soon.
Amonet.
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