BFF

Friendship is a crazy thing. I haven't spoken to my dearest friend Janice, in a week or two. Last night I resorted to sending her an email. This morning I had two emails back from her with pictures of her kids at the beach. It made me really miss her even more. I've been thinking about this lately and realized that married women, especially married with kids, just don't have the time for a best friend. After all, best friends talk every single day and see each other several times a week. With husbands, kids, laundry, dishes, grocery shopping, and even a job, when do we have time to be best friends with someone?

Well, that was a fleeting thought in my head. What I realized is that a best friend will be there for you even if you haven't spoken in a week. She'll be there when you need a last minute babysitter or need help with a family emergency. What's great about my friendship with Janice, if we don't speak for a week or two, we'll pick up right where we left off. We understand that both of us are busy. We'll say we're going to get together and sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.....but we don't get mad. We understand that life happens and we try for another day. Well, it's been weeks since I've seen Janice and I really miss her. I realized we can be best friends even if we don't talk every single day. As a matter of fact I think this proves how good and strong a friendship can be.

Ok, that's my thought for the morning. Don't be too hard on your friends if they are busy. Doens't mean they don't care. Life get's busy and get's away from you so fast. You can be going along and not realize it's been weeks since you've hung out with your friend. Find an hour or two and reconnect and be understanding if it doesn't work out.