I've known Josey for about 7 years and every year is filled with adventures and so many great memories. We used to hang out all the time and I would force her to dance and sing karaoke with me. During middle school she started to show symptoms of Lyme disease, although at the time no one knew what it was, and everything started to change. I tried to always be supportive and understanding but as a 13 year old I found it difficult to comprehend what was happening to my best friend. I can't even begin to know what must have been going through Josey's mind as she experienced all of the change being brought upon by the Lyme symptoms. Watching her struggle and be in pain is so hard but I know how strong she is. I have always been a pessimistic thinker and Josey always tried to teach me to be more optimistic. She finally broke through and I began to be more positive but it's sad because now I have to remind her to be positive. It's just sad to see your best friend lose hope. I mean it's sad to see anyone lose hope so I am very proud of Josey and her mom for persisting and finally getting a diagnosis. All the Chronic Lyme information is available on another one of the posts and I really encourage everyone to go read it if you haven't already. I really want to focus this post on the joy of being best friends with Josey. Her mom asked me to write for their blog and I agreed. I never really knew what I was gonna write about. I think she asked me to write at the beginning of May. Since then I have spent endless hours with Josey. We spent an entire weekend together earlier in the month and just hung out. We went bowling just the two of us and I bragged about being good but she managed to beat me, haha. We like to cook and we watch movies all the time. We plan to live together during college which I'm excited about not only because she cracks me up but also because she wants to be a chef which means I get lots of yummy food! We always joke about being like adults because we take care of each other and plan our apartment and cook but it's just fun. She lets me be myself and although she won't admit it I know she thinks I'm funny :). We always pick on each other and I think a lot of people actually think we don't like each other which is so funny to us because they couldn't be more wrong. Anyway, enough rambling! If any of you have personally met Josey Busby you know how wonderful and kind and beautiful she is. I am so thankful God has put her into my life and I know she brings happiness into lives of many others. Josey fights Lyme everyday but she's still my funny weird best friend and I love her. :)
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Shay Kavuncu
5/30/2014 12:40:53 pm
Ally & Josey,
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Barbara Rosendahl
6/5/2014 03:53:19 am
My granddaughter has Lyme disease and we were wondering what doctor you use.
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