Stay Close, Even From Far Away

Ashley and Jessica are long distance best friends. We put this list of In Between Ideas together to encourage other long distance best friends during the days and months between the times you get to see each other and hang out.

These are things we actually do to stay close. Pick one idea, try it this week, and remember you do not have to wait for the next trip to feel close.

In Between Ideas ⏳

🎬 Watch + Stream Together

Press play at the same time and it feels like you are on the same couch, laughing at the same parts in real time.

• Netflix Party nights ....try  Teleparty

• Reality show live texting

• Award shows together

• Premiere night watch party

• YouTube series together

• Virtual documentary night

• Old childhood movie rewatch

• “Pick for each other” movie night

• Countdown to a new season release

🎁 Surprise + Thoughtful Gift

 A small surprise on an ordinary day tells your bestie she is thought of, known, and never far from your mind.

SAME-DAY DELIVERY OPTIONS👇🏻

• Send Edible Arrangements Edible Arrangements
• Send Crumbl Cookies Crumbl

• Send Flowers 1800Flowers

• Send Flowers FTD Local Florist

• Send Donuts Krispy Kreme

• Send a Gift Basket Harry & David

• Random Venmo coffee surprise


• Amazon “thinking of you” drop


• Uber Eats dinner surprise

• Digital picture frame updates

• Scheduled voice note drops

• Send a handwritten letter

• Shared gratitude journal

• Build a playlist for her

• Send a “memory” text once a week

🎉 Celebrations from Afar

Distance does not get to steal a milestone. Mark the moment together, even if the toast happens through a screen.

• Birthday countdown week

• Anniversary call

• Watch kids’ games via FaceTime

• Holiday gift exchange

• New job celebration call

• Graduation watch party

• Toast over FaceTime

📱 Quick 10-Minute Connection Ideas

No free hour required. Ten honest minutes can carry a friendship through a busy season.

• Voice note life update

• Photo-of-the-day exchange

• Daily “one thing” text

• Share a memory

• 5-question rapid fire

• Morning prayer text

• What are you reading right now?

• Screenshot what you’re shopping for

🧠 Deep Connection Nights

Some nights call for more than catching up. Trade the surface talk for the real stuff and leave the call closer than you started.

• Friendship Q&A night

• Reflect on how you met

• Future dream session

• What season are you in? talk

• Marriage + motherhood check-in

• Pray for each other

• Hard conversation space

👯‍♀️ Just For Fun

Be silly and laugh together!

• Take a personality quiz together

• Share Enneagram results

• “Would you rather” night

• Guess the memory game

• Virtual game night

• Trivia app competition

• Online escape room

• TikTok duet challenge

📸 Memory Building Between Trips

 Do not wait for the next trip to make a memory. Build them right where you are and save them where you can both see them.

• Shared Google photo album

• Add one memory per week

• Recreate old photo challenge

• Make a yearly highlight reel

• 10-year timeline project

• Friendship time capsule

🗓 Monthly Rituals (Structured & Recurring)

 A ritual removes the guesswork. When it is on the calendar every month, staying close stops depending on spare time.

First Sunday FaceTime brunch

• Monthly life update call

• Prayer call / gratitude call

• Goal-setting check-in

• Monthly “what are we watching” sync

• Read the same book monthly

• Cook the same recipe once a month

• Digital scrapbook update night

• Memory Monday voice note exchange

• Monthly “friendship state of the union”

📚 Learn Something Together

Growing in the same direction keeps a friendship fresh. Pick one thing and learn it side by side, miles apart.

• Take an online class

• Bible study together

• Podcast discussion club

• Language learning challenge

• 30-day fitness challenge

• Recipe-of-the-week challenge

• Photography challenge

• Vision board night (virtual)

• Business brainstorm sessions

🧳 Trip Pre-Planning Energy

Half the joy is in the planning. Keep the next reunion alive long before you book a thing by dreaming and deciding together.

• Create a shared Pinterest board

• Build a shared Google Doc for future trips

• Track flight deals together

• Vote on destinations

• “If we booked today…” mock planning night

• Budget planning session

• Outfit planning FaceTime

• Save event dates in shared calendar

We hope these ideas encourage you and your best friend to stay close, even from far away.