Friends

Well , I wish I had some interesting, fun, exciting thing to write about today, but I don’t. I’m still doing my favorite thing, waiting! It’s really wearing on me. I have applied for financial aid, waiting on the decision on that. I am waiting for adoption news. I am waiting on a call from my bank. I am even waiting on a book I ordered in the mail. I know what happens when I am impatient. I usually don’t get the answer I am hoping for! So I try to stay occupied. I have tried to reconnect with friends a lot more lately. I realize how important friends are and that I was not a very good friend growing up. I let “boys” come between me and almost every one of my friends. Boys always mattered more. I was not a happy person for a long time. And that resulted in negative effects on all my relationships.

“If one is estranged from oneself, then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.” Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Boy, what a mistake that was. I have discovered some of the most caring, amazing, incredible spirits in my friends. I am so thankful they are still around to give me another chance to be a better friend. It’s funny how most of us can mentally go through our lives in our mind and name certain people throughout our lives that influenced us in one way or another. A lot of them probably don’t even know they played such a big part in our life.

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” Ann Richards

I have been lucky to have certain ones come back into my life. I hope I can be a better friend and let them know the important part they played in my life.

“A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.” La Rochefoucauld

I am so thankful for amazing friends. I hope I teach my kids how important friends are and to nuture those friendships for a lifetime!