I’ve been trying to think of a lighthearted post for today, but it’s just not coming. Some days there are just too many heavy things going on that it’s time to be reflective and prayerful. This is one of those days.
I love my friends. All of them. Each and every one. I laugh when they laugh, cry when they cry, rejoice when they rejoice, mourn when they mourn…my friends are a huge part of my life. Old friends and new friends…
There are lifetime friends that you don’t see for years and years, but when you do, it’s as if you were never apart.
There are friends that don’t even feel like friends, but really feel like family…
There are friends that come into your life and instantly it seems as if you’ve known them forever.
I love friends like these and I am blessed to have a few of each kind.
I’m thankful for the memories that play through my mind when I least expect it…memories of little girls in the backseat, giggling about nonsense. Youth camps where there was nothing but silliness and laughter. Getting dressed for weddings together~ you’re the bride, I’m the bridesmaid and vice versa. Crying when babies are born and babies are lost. The strangeness of seeing each other as adults, the coolness of being (sorta) mature…
So many memories…so many good times and so many heartaches.
Today I am remembering the sweetness in the middle of the sadness…because I have friends who are hurting, I hurt. God has put all of you in my life for a reason and know that if I have loved you once, I love you still. Always will.