A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world. ~Lois Wyse
What a day! My best friend of 20 years, Heather, came today and brought her 2 precious children. We swam and then let the kids play at the house. There was a moment when I looked at her, and thought "how did we go from picking out 8th grade dance dresses with our Moms to packing cheese sticks and juice boxes for the pool?" Seems like yesterday we were school girls giggling over boys and here we are grown up ladies with careers and families.
But what is amazing is that through all the chapters of life we've experienced so far, we have remained best friends. We played different sports, attended different colleges, married at different times and live 1 hour apart. Still, there is a level of comfort and familiarity that comes from our shared history and memories, and it is priceless.
Blessing #79, July 15, 2010
I am thankful for my friendship with Heather. It is wonderful to have a friend who knows me so well and has known me for so long that our conversations are nearly effortless. She is always honest with me and willing to listen. I can remember a song from Girls Scouts: "Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other is Gold." I get it now.
1 comment:
That may have been the sweetest thing I have ever read! I definately cried. Both of our lives are so busy, but I love the fact that when we do finally get together or get to talk on the phone that it feels like we have never been apart. I appeciate you and your friendship so much and I don't know what I would do without you. We have been through highschool, college, careers and I am so excited to watch our children grow up!! You are a blessing to me too!!!
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