Everybody needs good friends in their life. Friends that just hear you out, let you interrupt, don't get mad when you announce "We're staying for lunch and I brought the food!" and friends that pretend not to know that you are pregnant when you yourself don't even officially know yet.
And when you happen to be describing a beautiful arrangement of fruit ka-bobs in a head of lettuce, but instead it comes out of your mouth as a "lead of hettuce," the only thing better than one friend not even hearing your mistake and completely understanding what you just said is another friend looking at you like you're both cross-eyed and calling you out for talking like an idiot.
Friends like that are a blessing.
Friends who meet you in the hospital parking lot to dismantle a free and rather large double-sided rotating chalkboard on wheels and cram the parts into your vehicle. They just go with the flow when you struggle to loosen a stubborn wing-nut and repeatedly whisper to yourself "righty-tighty, lefty-loosy." And they don't drop their end of the chalk board when your comment of "It's always about the positioning, isn't it?" is just a bit ill-timed.
Friends you meet you for a supper date and know that you are pregnant before you are even ready to face that music yourself. They know you so well that it wasn't the skipping of the glass of wine with the Italian meal that tipped them off but rather that you were not able to polish off the Italian enchiladas and look for more as you usually would.
And in the 21st century, you can't forget the other kind of friends. The friends you may never meet in person. The friends that send a message to say they miss reading your words when your blogging absence is over-extended. The friends that say they appreciate your honest words in the return post you were afraid to publish for fear of sounding like you needed to be committed. Friends that comment "I'm giving you empathy anyway" when you specifically stated that you didn't want it but will take it anyway.
When a month of feeling sick and dealing with your mom's cancer and making a pregnancy discovery take you away from all these friends, the reunion is that much sweeter.
Thanks guys. It feels good to be back.
3 comments:
This is such a sweet post! I am so glad you are back blogging.
Friends are important, and being a "friend" is not something to take lightly. Especially when you can disagree about curtains and how to hang them--- when the curtains are not even for you or your home--- but keep smiling and laughing.
I tried to explain the lead of hettuce conversation to Aaron... he laughed and still thought we were stupid;)
You are going to have to let Kelly and I help you--- whether you like it or not. Or we might have to start stealing children. And you know we will!
I'm so glad you're back too. Blogging is good therapy (for writers AND readers).
I know you girls aren't as emotional as I am...but I shed a tear reading this. My house was so quiet after you guys left yesterday. I realized yesterday that the brunettes may have sounded bossy a few times, "go to norgard" or "sit down, right now!" The toys really didn't need picking up. We all needed visiting time about curtains or whatever else we mingled about! It is nice to have friends who feel more like sisters. Tell me how it is whether I want to hear it or not! It is what I need! Amanda is right, we might start stealing! So, give in now before she asks Aaron for the code to the safe! lol just kidding! Glad to have YOU back!!!
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