Thank You For Being A Friend........

Maybe it's because I'm turning 30 in 2 weeks.......or maybe it's because my best friend is about to give birth to her second child, a son, tomorrow......or maybe, just maybe it's because I'm a Pisces and I'm an emotional roller coaster.....but:

It amazes me that I am constantly surrounded by friends. My friends.

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I have lived here a little over 5 years and have made a lifetime of friends. How did this happen?
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I remember moving here from Austin and not knowing a soul,
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing except for my family and Kevin. I remember how scary it was finding a job and trying so hard to make friends. It was my senior year of high school all over again.
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo PrintingWould they like me? Would I have to change to become one of them?

I'm not quite sure when it happened or even how. But I wake up each day and I'm surrounded. By love. I can't imagine my life without any of you!!

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Michelle:
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo PrintingYou are the one person I can turn to at any given time and just be me. I can laugh, cry, hyperventilate, or just sit on the phone for 30 minutes while your child asks you questions and mine whines in my lap. I love that our husbands can go have a beer with one another....just because. I love that when you ask your daughter who her best friend is, she says, "Grayson"...like duh, mom. I know it's cliche, but you really are the sister I never had.
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing When my son is with you, I feel like he is still with me. A part of me. Because that's what you are, the better part of me.

Sharyn:
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing Even though you are hundreds of miles away, every time we talk on the phone, it's like you are right here. You never left. And we don't get upset at one another because we haven't talked in ages....we just pick up right where we left off. Magic. I feel as though I were the one you grew up with and not Kevin. You and Mikey are "our best friends" and we need you to come home now. Please.

Melissa:
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing I think of you as my "whatever" friend. And that's a good thing. A great thing. "Wanna go to the park?" "Sure, whatever." "Let's grab lunch, what do you feel like?" "Oh, whatever." "Ummm, I think your child just dropped a gummy bear on the ground (at the ball park...ew gross) and MY child just ate it!" "Oh whatever, he'll live!" I love you!! You are definitely my kinda gal! And maybe it helps that your husband is a rocket scientist! LOL!

Lindsay:
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing You know what they say, "You can take the girl out of Whitehouse.....but," You have bloomed into this amazing mother right before my very eyes! You are like a little sister to me. Your make me smile on a daily basis. Just reading your words....you write exactly the way you talk and I love that about you. You are so genuine and such a comedian. We have shared some very intimate talks about our past and I know that we will be friends for life. I think it helps that our husbands share the same sense of humor, too. Poinsettia, anyone??

Kat:
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo PrintingIn five very short years, we have witnessed one anothers vows to our husbands, held each other's hands through some shaky family stuff, watched as we each brought another human life into this world, and have tackled the trials and tribulations of Cheesecake and "sinusitis" ;). You have given me the opportunity to share in your sweet little girl's life and watch her grow on a weekly basis and I will be forever grateful.

Dre:
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing Although we don't see one another as often as I'd like, you are one of those friends who will forever be apart of me. You were the first to have a little boy after myself and that is one bond that will never break. I'm so proud of the mother that you've become. Mr. B is a lucky, lucky man. My little Baby Dre. You are my fabulous friend. The one who will wear Manolo's to get a pedicure and Prada to the Pumpkin Patch and jump up on stage at my wedding to sing your little heart out! I love, love, LOVE you! When times are tough, lean on your friends. We are all here for each other.


Lindsay:
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing You just get me. Maybe it's because you, also, are the mother of a little boy and that in itself is enough. It doesn't matter how much time goes by, we always pick up right where we left off. You've helped clothe my child since he was born. Wow....if it wasn't for you.....You are always so giving.....whether it be clothes, toys, shoes, homemade 1st bday invitations, heck....you even made my blog! You are my most creative friend. We need another parents night out....it's been way too long!


Jessica:
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo PrintingI can't remember life without you! What an amazing thing God did by making us neighbors. He just knew that something was missing from my life and that was you! It is the greatest feeling when you know you can leave your child with someone and they don't even care that you're gone. Our Aunt Jess. Thank you for bringing Dr McDreamy into my life and for being my friend. I love that I can text you, "wanna go to Hobby Lobby in 5?" and you are at my door in 3. You are an amazing cook and I'm so very proud of the woman you have become. Your "Derek" is out there, we just have to find him.

Lisa:
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing I remember when I first started nursing and Michelle gave me your number. I never used it. I felt odd asking a stranger for advice but you are no stranger at all. You are so sweet and caring and I'm so very glad that God put you in my life. You are my crafty friend. I love that you make trains out of diaper boxes and pirate hats for my son. You always comment on my blog and make me feel special. Thank you for being a friend and thank you for all your advice! I will probably use your craftiness when it's time to decorate Grayson's room.

So it seems that I am just blessed beyond words and I just want to thank each and every one of you for being there for me. Thank you for every single prayer that I know you have all prayed that we find a house. It worked!

I see us all growing old together, going through menopause together,
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing and holding each others hands while letting go of our children's as they walk up the steps to kindergarten. Together. I see us calling each other
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing.....searching for advice on how to deal with 1st dates, proms, 1st cars.......weddings! We will be standing by each others sides as we lose our loved ones. Together. And giving away our sons and daughters to be married. Together. And welcoming our grandchildren to this world together.

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Oh what stories we will have!