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By Stephanie Campos
01/21/09
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You know the old saying been there done that…. Well I have and most of the time I can’t find myself being the one that says been there or done that. For the most part I am generally happy not to be able to understand what a person means when they speak metaphorically. That is until recently.
I have this friend, she is a true gem. She starts every story with well there I was…. No matter where it was she is talking about. Recently her there I was story made me a little envious of the never been there done that attitude I generally have. You see she recently found herself on an excursion to New Zealand. It sounds like a beautiful and lovely place to visit.
I live in the desert, surrounded by the “dry Heat” and dry dust. Everywhere I look I seem to see flying sand and tumble weeds. Her description of the country side she visited sounds almost to good to be true. Then she showed me the pictures.
Chomping at the bit to ask questions while she calmly laid one picture down at a time and explained what she was doing and where exactly it was. I became more envious with each turn of the photo and There I was moment of her story. I desperately wanted to go. I had to see all of the beauty for my self with my own eyes.
My friend Ash wants to go with me so her experience shows off. And that is where my dilemma comes in to play. You see I love Ash dearly, she is a beautiful person but a lost soul I have been trying for years to make see the light.
The next page of the story. It is not the cost to me that is the problem with us going on the trip; but the cost to her. See I never told you how her story started other than so there I was. The next sentence was I met this guy and he took me to New Zealand. No she isn’t married and so it wasn’t their honey moon. You see Ash traded a part of her self with this man for a trip to some where that she might have been able to do with out giving up any part of who she is.
My dear friend does not see why I am so upset and does not understand me when I say never been there or done that. She also doesn’t understand why she gets so depressed when the men in her life let her down. Or why depression hits her more frequently than it does me. She seems to think she has it all, and sees me as the person that works to hard and studies too much.
Ash has the I will do it later attitude and has the nest egg her parents left her to fall back on. She has never had to give her self to anyone, but chooses to on occasion because she is in love.
I would love to take the trip with her and allow her to see the beauty of things God has made and help her see that she is fine all on her own. That the man on her arm doesn’t make her the woman, that it is who she is on the inside that counts. For her to see the world through the eyes of a strong believer and know she can be true to herself. She can still have what she wants when she wants it. Her wants will change but it will be for the better and when she finally finds “Mr. Ash” he will be her Mr. perfect because she has stayed true.

The trip is on the back burner for now as I struggle with helping Ash through this time in her life and allow her to see the person she can be. We will go some day in the future and then I will be able to say been there and done that.

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