Definition of FRIEND according to Websters online:
1 a : one attached to another by affection or esteem
b : acquaintance
I don't know about you but I have MANY acquaintances that I consider Friends...I have a much smaller pool of friends that I consider attached by affection or esteem...
Those are the friends I want to bring to light...
Do you have a best girlfriend or two or three that you can just totally hang with? One that brings out the best in each of you? No competition...just pure happiness for each other and each others kids and husband and or grand kids....whatever your case may be...
I honestly don't think I ever truly valued a 'real' friendship until recently...let me 'splain...
I am a recluse and well I don't deal well with others...I can't even go to a movie a theater... I know, I know your saying "get therapy Georgie get therapy'
It wasn't until I was put into a group setting that I realized Women are Bitches and Catty and Talk about each other and then I was like wait...I'm NOT in High School anymore...Been there ...done that...right!
So why does that pattern continue? I have 2 daughters that I am trying to raise as good young ladies with morals...I try and teach them that drama is over after high-school...for most it is...for some not so much...
Enter...stage left....insert your best girlfriends name here...your very dearest friend, a friend who has taught you what it means to have patience and understanding and grace-under-fire! A Friend that would do anything for you and yet she knows you would do anything for her. Never with any strings attached...
She isn't afraid to tell you when your wrong and she doesn't get upset if you disagree or tell her the same...you never fight or argue...you compliment each other....always listening to one another....It's like a marriage...only better...
Do you have a friend like that?
I do...and her name is...
Amy Morris Blackwell...and I am a better person because she is a part of my life...and as my daughters witness this friendship I can only hope they are as lucky as I am in the Friend department...
I'm 40 and I am too old to be sayin BFFFLTDDUP and XYZ....
But I do know a good thing when I feel it....
My Confession for today: Friendship isn't work...it's natural...
Feel free to shout out your besties name in the comment section...
