Friendship

I had this post in my head all day and why I decided to write it after my book club meeting tonight, I will never know.  And, because of that fact, I will not be able to give it the due respect I had in my mind this morning.

What would one do without friends in their life?  I can't imagine.  I have always been blessed with the friends that I have in my circle.  And my circle is large.  As I look at possible changes in the near future, I realize that it won't really matter when it comes to friendships made.  These are people that are kind and loving and important to me.  Whether I live down the street or across the country, these people will always have a special place in my heart.

As a young girl I have made several friendships that I still have today.  Friends that are incredibly important to me some thirty five plus years later.  And with the exception of poor Marjorie in the seventh grade that I told I couldn't be friends with her anymore, I have not really listened to my mother and her opinions about my friends since...

What has really struck me lately is the compassion I have felt since Larry has left.  The people reaching out to me and offering me help and just simply being there to listen to me when I claim loneliness and sadness that my husband is in another state in another time zone.  These are caring, loving, and wonderful people I have surrounded myself with.

And I feel blessed.  And thankful.  And lucky.  (Again and again...and again! Sorry, couldn't resist girls!!! LOL!)

My friends are there.  Even the ones I don't necessarily talk to on a regular basis, I know are there for me.  An unspoken truth.

Today is one of my oldest friends...(and I can say that because we have known each other since kindergarten and since we are the same age, I can say oldest!)...who is also Harrison's godmother...birthday!!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA! I have been thinking about you a lot and especially today and hope that you have had a wonderful, ahem, forty-something birthday.  (Hard to believe that we once played dolls together and walked the halls of our junior/senior high school together worried about lockers, boys, and drugs...)

For Thanksgiving I was invited to five different friends houses to celebrate the holiday, knowing that I would be alone.  So sweet! So kind! So thoughtful.

Speaking of friendship...I was able to pawn, I mean give out, ALL my Amish Friendship Bread starters tonight! Yeah! Thank you girls so much! (It killed me to throw some of my starters away!)

Lastly, I read somewhere this idea and thought it was a good one and decided to put it out there on my blog...I'd like to read all the "five star"/best book from my friends...and, I include all you faceless stalkers friends too so feel free to tell me your favorite/best/five star book because I'm going to make a list and plan to read them...email me if you don't want to leave a comment.

Thank you to my friends...old and new...near and far...you know who you are.  I appreciate your warmth and kindness, your love and compassion.  You make me laugh and cry.  You make me want to be a better person.  You amaze me.

Without you, I would not be who I am today. 

"The most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people."    -excerpt from "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks.

Comments

[darcie]

"The most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people." -excerpt from "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks.

~Come over, we'll do my laundry & dishes & it will be extraordinary. LOL!

As for books, one of my all-time favorite, 5 star books is The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans. A five star from my childhood is Harriet The Spy, I still love it. :o)

[Jann]

I agree with you totally...one's friends are far embedded into their hearts and warm one when the season's of life are cold. Great friends.....now that's wealth! lOVE THE QUOTE.
J.

[Michelle]

I've been reading all of the Stephanie Plum books! They're so funny. I am now on book 11.

[Michelle]

OH! I just thought of a good one you should read. The Shack! A fabulous book!

[Corinna]

I also had a blast at our second book club. Neat women. Do people still say neat? Ok, that might be showing my age.

You know one of my fav's...

The HOST! I totally loved it!

I will be back to list more....