Don’t Forget Your Friends

We all know someone like this – the woman who finds love and allows it to push her friends aside.  I have tried NOT to be this person because I know (and have known since my early teens) that loves come and go, but some friends are there for life.  I think that I did a good job of staying in touch with friends when I found love. . . until I had children.  Children are an entirely different story.  You are always exhausted.  Your days are filled with work, playdates, teaching, cleaning, etc.  Your time is no longer your own.  This is when we need our friends most but often, they are going through the same things.  We do the best we can to maintain the friendship.  If we work hard at it, we hang on until the time when our children don’t “need” us as much and we can reconnect with our friends. 

Of course, no matter how often we are in contact, our true friends are there through thick and thin, good times and bad, ups and downs – all of it!  We know that even though we haven’t seen or spoken to each other in a while, we can get in touch to brag or cry.  Something that I learned a long time ago is that when things are bad, people come out of the woodwork to offer their support.  This isn’t necessarily a bad thing as, I believe, they all mean well.  The thing that I find confusing is that there are less people coming around when things are going well.  (Maybe that will be a different blog.)

Either way, I am grateful for the friends I have whether they be new or old.  I know who I can depend on, cry and/or laugh with (sometimes at the same time), talk to, and that they know me well enough to tell me the truth.  Thank you to all these amazing people!