Side-By-Side we Grow

Side-by-side we grow

As we knew time will flow, with years and years we grow, five will turn into twenty-five with several more still to go

Side-by-side we shall change and grow

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I’m thirty and you are thirty-two

We met as kids, full of life and dreams to share

Side-by-side we grow; to friends then sisters too

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We climbed trees and scrapped knees

Had tea parties and traded clothes

Games we played, toys we shared

We did it all as we grew

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Snuck out of houses and went on adventures

Pranked the neighbours and hid behind fences

Made mistakes; fixed them too

There were tears of joy and tears of sorrow

Together we stayed and helped each other through

There was one year then it was two

Side-by-side we grew; from girls to women, strong and true;

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Time will ebb and time will flow

People will come and they will go

Memories may become askew;

Life will harden and beat us down

Side-by-Side — strong and true — two girls we grew

Then along the way; found a purpose in a life and family of our own

There will be times apart with seas and cities in between.

But this is one thing we wont let go.