Best Friends Wear Pink Tutus

Best Friends Wear Pink Tutus by Sheri Brownrigg is a picture book about two best friends. These girls are in ballet together and love wearing their pink tutus everywhere. They even wear it when they are at school, roller skating, or going shopping. These two girls have such a close bond, but they almost let something pity like a lead role in the Nutcracker get in the middle of their friendship. At the end of the book they realize what is more important to them, and both decide to be the snowflakes in the play. This role works best for them because they get to be friends again, and even wear their pink tutus. The idea from the book of not letting something unimportant get in the way of a wonderful friendship reminds me of a time in my life. My best friend Jenny and I have been best friends for quite awhile. Our friendship has strongly developed as we began high school and realized we have so many things in common. Whether it was going to Starbucks on Saturday afternoons, supporting each other at a cheerleading or dance competitions, baking at each other's houses, traveling to her step dad's house in South Carolina, or going on a cruise with my family senior year, we have had the best of times together. Jenny is someone I know I was going to stay best friends with for the rest of my life. When it was time for us to decide what college we were going to be attending, I was confused how we would stay so close when she would be at Colorado State and continue to live in Colorado with her dad in the summers, while I would be at the University of Iowa and be back to Illinois for the summers. During our freshman year of college we could have let distance dissolve our friendship. We both were aware of how easy it would be to slowly fade out contact with each other. But just like the little girls in the book, we did not want to let something get in the middle of such a strong relationship. We made sure to talk on the phone at least once a week. Just talking on the phone we knew was not going to be enough, so we would send each other small packages just to remind the other that we were thinking of them. I even had a nice enough dad to let Jenny stay with us over the summers so we could spend time doing the things we love together. We both came to the conclusion that it is not worth letting something get in the middle of such a wonderful friendship.