虽然伊丽莎白远在千里以外，我只能偶尔见到她，但大家所拥有些永远是朋友的相框和挂盒能帮助大家弥补彼此的思念之情。
所以，亲爱的寂寞者，与朋友分开并没那样糟，照片、信件、电话、邮件与美好的记忆都能拉近朋友之间的友谊。
Dear Arizona,
My friend is moving in a monthand not just to a different neighborhood, but to a whole different country! Im so sad, I can hardly think about anything else. I know you cant make my friends family stay, but Im hoping youll at least have some helpful ideas. Already Lonely in London
Dear Already Lonely,
The first thing I want to say isIm so sorry your friend is moving!
The second thing I want to say is-are you from London, as in London, England That is so exciting! Have you ever seen the Queen Is it true that people there drive on the left side of the road How big is Big Ben, really
OK,I guess I should sTOP asking questions and get back to your letter-which reminds me of how beyond and I was when my friend Elizabeth had to move.
I met Elizabeth in my very first karate1空手道 class. I was the only new kid in the class. Everyone else knew a lot of the moves already and had yellow or orange belts.
I had a total beginners white belt and felt unbearably2 nervous the whole way through the class. I tried my hardest to follow along, but everything was way harder than I thought it would be.
Afterward3, as I was putting on my shoes, I was thinking, There is no way I am ever coming back to karate!
And thats when I met Elizabeth.
You did great! I laughed. I was so clueless无线索的，愚蠢的!
Thats how I felt at first, too, she said. If you want, I can help you practice.
Really I said.
Sure. By the way, Im Elizabeth. She scribbled4 on the back of a karate schedule. Heres my number.
Wow, thats so nice of you! I said.
She smiled. No problem.
Anyway, to make a long story short, I called her a few days later, and weve been amazing friends ever since.
Now for the sad part. Not very long ago, Elizabeth had to move. Her family still lives in California5, but if you know anything about my state, then you know its gigantic6. And Im not positive about the exact geographic7 details, but the distance Elizabeth moved was about the same as if she had moved from London to Paris!
You cant move! I screamed when she told me the terrible news.
I know. Thats what I told my parents,she said. But they said we don have a choice. Wee moving in with my grandparents, and I guess itll be way cheaper than where we live now.
Wait! I have the perfect solution,I said. You and your parents can move in with my family! We can share my room, and itll be like having a sleepover在外过夜 every single night! I sure my parents will be totally cool with it.
That would be so great! said Elizabeth, then she sighed. I wish we could do that. But theres no way. My parents also want to be closer to my grandparents, so I think were definitely8 going.
So Elizabeth and I had to come up with a Plan B. A would have been, we were actually pretty happy about our solution. Heres what we did.
First, we asked my mom to take a picture of us together and help us print it out regular size and teeny-tiny size .
We put the regular photos in special frames10 that we decorated Forever. I gave me the frame9 she decorated.
Then, we cut the teeny-tiny picture of us in half. I put the half with Elizabeths face in my locket小盒式吊坠 necklace, and she put the half with my face in her locket necklace.
So even though Elizabeth lives miles away and I only get to see her once in a while, our Friends Forever picture frames and lockets really do help with the missing-you part.
Besides that, our parents let us e-mail sometimes, and we still get to talk and crack11 up together on the phone now and then偶尔，有时. Also, we love sending each other funny letters and packages filled with goofy傻瓜的，愚笨的 surprises.
So, dear Already Lonely, being separated12 from your friend doesnt have to be as bad as it seems right now. Photos, letters, phone calls, e-mails, and great memories can really and truly make a friend seem closer than he or she is.
I hope these ideas help. As they say in London, cheers13 to you and your friend! And as I like to say
Ciao for now,
Arizona
