Do you believe in soulmates? Why or why not?

A few months ago, my BFF (best friend forever/now sister-friend) and I were discussing our relationship and we came to the conclusion that we are soulmates.

You see, we were placed in each other’s lives as toddlers. The story goes, we met when we were two years old. My friend’s mom was visiting her parents who lived across the street from my great, great grandparents and the grands (from both sides) introduced us. That was nearly 51 years ago, and we have been friends since!

The interesting thing about our friendship is that we have never lived in the same town or even the same state for more than a year or two at a time. While I lived in Mississippi off and on until the age of eleven (my mom moved between Mississippi and Kansas several times), she and her family lived in Michigan or Illinois (they moved between the two states just as frequently as me and my family moved between MS and KS). During this time, we spent our summers together when we visited our grands. By the time we were in middle and high school, our families had finally settled down—mine in Kansas and hers in Michigan and then Wisconsin. Over our teenage years, we kept in touch by writing letters—this lasted throughout our young adulthood. In our 20s and 30s, we visited each other once every few years. Today, we visit each other at least once a year.

Besides the two of us spending our entire lives together, the other reason we believe we’re soulmates is because we share the same first name. I was born in Mississippi almost five months before my friend was born in Illinois. Our mothers had never been friends, but they gave us both the same first name. We’re Shaun (me) and Shawn, or LaShaundrea and LaShawn.

So, yes, I believe in soulmates. As I mentioned earlier, it was during my conversation with Shawn a few months ago that we realized we are soulmates. We were divinely connected to do life together.

Thank you for allowing me to share! Have a wonderful weekend.

Signed and sealed with love and gratitude,
Shaun♥️