Hey you guys. I'm sorry it took so long for me to update.

  Basically, Smileigh's running away was the catalyst- her mom finally let her live at her dad's. They met yesterday at a local deli to talk it over. Within an hour Smiliegh was packing, and now she's in Denver. 

It's only temporary for now. But it will soon become permanent when she figures out where she wants to be. I just wish I could have said goodbye. At the end of the summer, if she decides to stay at her dad's, she's gonna move to California. It's pretty big, you know?

I don't think I know how to handle it quite yet. I mean, she's just gone. I can't call her to hang out. There'll be no more sleepovers, no more tagging along with her to dance class, no more walking in the woods together. She's now 100+ miles away, down there with all my other friends that I had to say goodbye to two years ago.

  I guess I didn't think it would happen- at least, not so soon. I'm kinda having a bit of trouble with it, if you couldn't tell already. She was one of my soul sisters. I was the real me when I was around her. She was, literally, the "Sam" in my "Samemalykate". 

Anyway.

Just keep on praying for her and her family. Leaving wasn't that easy for her, either. She had to leave behind her two little brothers, Jack and Jonathan, and they were NOT happy.

i guess maybe pray for me too. Life without my girl's gonna be hard to get used to. I wonder if Denae knows yet. And Scott. And Jordan. Whoo boy. I miss her soo much already.

~Allie~