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i have been blessed with great friends over the years. i've always had that one friend that you just can't live with out. over time, they have changed of course. some have moved away and others have been for just a season. there is of course a great friend of mine that, for a brief time i decided i didn't like, and am thankful for forgiveness in that friendship.


most of those friendships have stood the test of time and are still dear friends today, however, they live all over the place. some in california, some in michigan, some in ohio, some in georgia, wyoming,illinois, texas...the list goes on. it was because of always having to say good bye to those friends that for a brief time (although my husband i'm sure thinks it was a long time) i more or less refused to make friends. then i decided to try again, and well, that friend is currently in wyoming. so i once again went on a friend ban.


about that time, a man in our church married this girl. she seemed to have it all together and even though she was very nice, i thought she was too good for me. you know what i mean...well, what i didn't know is that she was lonely and looking for a friend too. through a random series of events we started talking to each other. believe, me it was a random series of events. and then another lady told me i would really like this girl. hmm...well...maybe.


so to be honest, i don't have a clue what really triggered that friendship. well, looking back i do. you see, her husband and some friends and my husband were all busy praying that each of us would find a friend. and so a friendship was born. it seems like it has been forever...she went from stranger to more or less a sister. we often laugh that we had to have been twins separated at birth, but since she is 11 months older that doesn't figure out and we are pretty sure that we belong to our own families.


anyways...all this to say, that yesterday was a rare treat for both of us in that we had all day to be out - by ourselves. we scrapbooked until they kicked us out. then we headed to hobby lobby to buy more supplies...then out to dinner, then to barnes and noble, then wal-mart. (that is an interesting place late on a saturday night.) over the course of the day we had serious conversations and at one point were laughing so hard we might have both peed our pants. then of course back to more serious conversations. we sat in silence and sometimes knew exactly what the other was thinking. weird huh -if you know us, not really!


i love that God knew exactly what i needed in a friend and i know both of our husbands are extremely thankful for our friendship. i love that i can call her up and tell her all my junk and she will laugh with me about it and then gently tell me what to do about my junk or sometimes not. it's okay - i do the same with her. i love that we can be incredibly real with each other. i mean, we have talked about things i NEVER thought i'd talk about with anyone. oh boy....


so when i got home last night, i cuddled up with my hubby and felt blessed beyond my dreams. i have the most incredible husband and the greatest friend i could ever imagine. to top that off i have a long list of great girlfriends that i couldn't imagine doing life without. so wherever you are friends, know that i'm so thankful!!!

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Anonymous said…
Ahhhh...how sweet you are! I consider myself most blessed as well.
Isn't God good?!

Good luck with the new diet, by the way :)
September 15, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Holly Tried It said…
I agree, it's tough to make friends and then keep them from moving. Whenever I make a new friend Bryan says, "Well, they'll be moving soon." And yes, they always do. But one friend just moved back and that is exciting!
September 19, 2008 at 9:21 PM
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