My Best. Eric J. Wilson

Last picture we took together, my birthday party (:
He's legit my everything.
My best friend & the brother I've always wanted♥

This guy, changed me to become a better person, helped me gained a testimony & made me realize I was a Daughter of God. I pretty much owe him my Eternal Life. I remind him how much he's changed me all the time. I know he see's it because we've always somehow been in each others lives. Lets start from the beginning shall we?






How we first met:
Seems like it should be a pretty normal story right? Sure we met in High School, Middle School, considering he changed my life & spun me in a complete 180 degree direction right? Wrong-o!! We were in the same ward when we were little sun-beams!(: Oh, but how he was such a devil child. I think all of us girls remember when we were little how we wore those dresses that were poofy right? Yeah cause I wore those all of the time! But Eric being Eric, he didn't have any siblings at this age. Only boy. Came up behind me, and lifted up my dress to see what made it poofy. We were probably 4/5 years old. I started crying!!! What is this boy doing lifting up my dress?!?!?! I told my mom, who told his mom, & she made him apologize to me. I hated him since then. He was also that little boy in primary that was the "know-it-all" which hasn't really changed when he grew up, but I don't know if it's just cause I can tolerate him, or if it's cause it's expected of us to be "know-it-all's." Funny though because a Brother said that Eric & I were going to get married. My mom told him he was silly for thinking so, we were just kids. Chances of us getting married are highly unlikely.

Our 2nd Encounter:
So we shared the same ward, 'til I moved out of the Spanish ward when I was a beehive. I went to the English ward, attended Cram MS & Mojave HS. Switched to SRHS seminary/school. I got my schedule, attended all 8 of my classes, and my 8th period was Algebra 2. I looked up and I see this nerdy looking guy with a 1 liter water bottle. I stared at him for a long time thinking "He looks like Michael DeLuca....but I know it's not him. Where have I seen him before?" It really bothered me because I was knew I knew him from somewhere...but I didn't remember where. Why? He looked at me the whole time I looked at him, & I couldn't tell if he was trying to figure out the same thing that I was. But it never clicked where I knew him from. He had a pale/olive tone skin like mine, brown hair, these hazel kind of intriguing eyes--only thing was he had glasses that covered them most of the time. Not too tall, probably an inch taller than me or so. Thin, but not skinny. You could tell he was active. But boy did this stupid kid have a big mouth. He never knew when to shut up! It was so annoying. He was only in that class for the 1st semester, but we never talked. I always wanted to ask him if I knew him from somewhere, but never did. I think him being extremely obnoxious pushed that away from me. I just remembered I saw him walking from the seminary building, with some musical instrument case, a HUGE backpack (not kidding. you can ask him, his backpack was huge,) and the water bottle. So I knew he was Mormon. I remember the math teacher always talked about volleyballs, soccer balls, tennis balls & all of these sports equipment with him. Always the brand Wilson too. Never understood why.

The beginning of our Friendship:

That boy, is Eric wilson. & to the right of him is a
different water bottle. Yeah, he played chess too.
-cough- nerd -cough-

So senior year came. I was in SRHS's color guard in marching band. There was that kid who looked familiar. Found out his name is Eric Wilson. Now it makes sense why the teacher always talked about the sports. He played soccer since he was a kid (literally. he was 6 when he started.) He was in marching band too. So now I knew who he was, but where the heck did I see him before?? That was still a question I yet to find out.
Band camp ended. 

Boy in the white tshirt, THAT'S HIS FRO.

There was an "end-of-band-camp" party, which I saw a very cute tall blonde guy walk in with another guy who was a lot shorter than the tall kid (tall boy was 6'5/6'6.) The other boy who walked in had an afro, about my height, maybe added a couple inches cause of the hair,  but he was pretty tan. pretty blue/green eyes, and he looked like he came straight out of the 60's. He introduced the tall guy to us, his name was Martin, a foreign exchange student from Sweden. My twin friends (Megan & Alina from my old post) said hi to Stirling & we all greeted Martin. Turned out Eric & Stirling we're best friends.

Eric & Stirling. Love these pics, they capture the moment XD
& yes Stirling cut his hair...Looks attractive with that cut too.

Anyways, I went to the seminary fireside to find out which class I was in. I was in Brother Herrera's seminary class. I sat in the back row with my friend Emily. Brother Herrera mentioned how "only the best kids sat in the front row--Stirling you look good! how come no ladies are sitting next to you?" and as he asked this Eric Wilson walked up to sit next to Stirling....naturally everyone laughed. I thought to myself how I would probably never befriend them. Sure maybe become an acquaintance or something, but never anything more. 
We had Marching Band practice every Tuesday nights. I started to notice Eric a little bit more every time. Realizing he may not be as annoying as I thought he was. Either that or I was starting to get use to it. But we had a Thursday night football game one day, & I asked him "Eric. You look so familiar, do I know you from somewhere?" he had this cheeky smile and responded saying "Yeah, we were in Rainbow Vista Ward together!" I freaked out! After the game I went to my mom & told her "do you remember Eric Wilson?! He goes to Shadow Ridge!!" Turns out he moved out of the ward right before he started his freshman year. My mom said "Yeah I remember him! He was the first boy who made you cry!" --what. I didn't even remember but it's hilarious! That's where I knew him from! I hated Eric even as a little girl! I was so excited to tell him this the next day! Friday I went up to him & told him the story. He laughed & said "I don't remember that!" I said "Me neither! but it's hilarious!" 

Under the flag is Eric. I'm to the left, & Stirling on my left.
This was when I became comfortable around them.
They made me feel happy. Without even trying.

So from there Eric & I kind of started talking, not much. But a hello every once in a while. But the following week, as I mentioned in the previous blog that I was involved with a non-LDS guy and he really wasn't what I needed in the time. We ended up going our separate ways, I met Stirling through this. Yeah, I met Stirling beforehand, but I actually started to develop a friendship with him. Through my friendship with Stirling & got closer with Eric as well. They were like a package deal. So little by little, I was able to call them my friends. They didn't know my circumstances, who I use to be, what I regretted, or anything. Eric knew a little bit of who I was because of the class we shared Junior year, but that was it. But it didn't matter to me, because he was a great influence on me. Eric being who he was helped me, the way I felt the spirit around him, his testimony, his pureness. Just literally everything about this kid, changed me. I wanted to be a good influence on him too. So that was one of my main desires to change, another was Stirling. But these two guys just made me feel happy, I felt the spirit around them. We would just be sitting around in my car, on the way to school from seminary and I'd feel happy. I started changing obvious things, my dress, the way I spoke, how I acted. It was obvious. I started to feel happy. Most importantly, I gained a friend. A good friend. And as of this very moment, My Best Friend. 

My favorite picture of us. Well, there's 2. but this was
taken first. but yeah, he's my everything. 

We went to the botanical garden at the bellagio december
2012, & it was my favorite experience with him. 1 year ago
We went to see the forgotten carols and it's cool how a year
later we're closer. 

From this Eric & I have became very close. I picked him up for seminary pretty much every day. We hung out every day, talked on the phone often, told stories about our lives, he's really became the best friend I've ever had in my life. He knows everything about me. Literally, he's been there for me like nobody ever has. He has seen the best & worst of me. He knows how much he means to me, & we're the best of friends. We've obviously known each other for some time, and he came into my life the time I needed him the most. The Lord is timing, and has the most perfect timing ever. Eric was placed into my life the moment I was actually ready to change & become a better person, when I was needed to the most. I love Eric Wilson with my whole heart. Without him, I wouldn't be involved in the church, I wouldn't be happy. I wouldn't be attending the temple regularly. I wouldn't be a ward missionary. I wouldn't have a craving to become a full time missionary. I wouldn't have a true best friend. I wouldn't have a lot of things, but thankfully I found the answer to my prayer's. Someone who actually cared for once. ♥

 


He's the best. There's 1 more picture I'm hoping to find soon, of us at the forgotten carols with Stirling & Hailey (another great friend) but it'll be up soon♥

Thank you Eric for being exactly what I needed, when I needed it. I owe you everything.

Photo Credits To: Daniel Gershin, Hilda Hayden, Becca Huntsman & Me.