when it comes to friends i have always been truly, amazingly blessed. probably because of my witty sense of humor and the monetary kickbacks from my parents. kidding. seriously though, my friends have always been a high high priority to me. and included in that blessing of wonderful friendships is very little drama. like, an incredibly small amount in 37 years. even during the drama FILLED period of time from age 12-18 i cannot think of even one event where any of my friendships were threatened or even ended over, well, anything. lived in a sorority house for the love of pete and still, nada. my longest friendship is 33 years strong, with several others 20-25+ years strong. strong. like family. unconditional love. disagree, get irritated, have pms at the same time but still - friends. a few of my besties and i always joke that we are no longer taking applications. that's only partly true. one of the things i love most is that my friends KNOW me. the real me. and i them. our histories, finishing each others' sentences, the mind reading (i swear it happens), the inside jokes and stories that get told over and over again...all of that makes my heart smile. but i have accepted a few applications over the past few years and they worked out just fine ;) some even seem like they've been around forever - in the best way possible. if it's not obvious, the motivation of this rambling post is focused on the girl portion of friends. wanted to throw that in because i have several very close guy friends that also mean the world to me. but girls...holy cheezits...i now know they can be rough! and i survived junior high, high school, cheerleading, boyfriends, dorm life, sorority life, even teaching for 15 years without ever even a taste of what's in my life now.
i pray that God will show me how to use this mess in a way that glorifies Him. i pray that my daughter never knows this heartache. i pray that MY heartache eases very soon, because to be quite honest i'm not sure how much more it can take. and i thank Him every single day for the amazing, wonderful, incredible, beautiful, funny, smart, loyal, honest, trustworthy people that are in my life that i am blessed to call friend.
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Holy cheezits. That made me smile and be sad all in the same moment. You know I have your back and I would really love it if we could squeeze in a girls' weekend in August. Maybe? Saw E yesterday and it was awesome. Missing you and praying for you, Lis. Always.
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