Friendship / Day 6

Having a 7th grader I often find myself thinking about friendships and trying to help her understand that the drama fueled hell that is middle school isn't how real friendship works. I am lucky to have true friendships to hopefully show her what life has in store even when days with much drama bring her down. True friends are not bucket emptiers they are bucket fillers! :)

When I was 14 years old I moved to a new town and had to start my first day of high school without knowing anyone, but I think God knew what he was doing because in Law and Justice I sat next to a sweet girl and we smelled beer (on our teacher) together all year. For the next four years we goofed off, learned a little, made mixed tapes, had sleepovers, made our own card company and only had one fight. Then we graduated, I had a baby and sadly life took us in different directions. Then in 2007 I had to get a new license and there was my sweet friend again. Through MySpace we reconnected and from the first meal together at Mi Mexico it was like the. 8 years apart never happened. And that's what true friendship is. We always have fun together, we can vent to each other, we can be ourselves without being judged and we always have each others backs (oh yeah and we're blogging 366 times this year together.)

Todays picture is of a super cute heartfelt card that I got in the mail today, no it's not my birthday or anniversary and clearly it's not a holiday. Just because cards mean the most and usually only come from true friends. True friends thank you for being their friend when really their friendship is thanks enough. I thank God every day for helping us rekindle our friendship and I hope my friend knows how truly blessed I feel to have her in my life and to know that I never have to question what true friendship means because she shows me all the time. My bucket is full today!!