Don't under estimate the importance of friendship.
Throughout our lives we will build friendships whether it was your baby buddy, next door neighbor, high school friends, room mates, church friends, but at some point you find that special one, or if you're lucky a handful of friends that you know will always be in your life. Consider yourself blessed beyond measure if you have those friendships.
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no
survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to
survival.”
―
C.S. Lewis
I grew up a tomboy. I rolled with the boys, playing football, skateboarding, wearing a backwards cap and thought barbies or anything girlie was gross. To this day I still find it a little easier to be friends with the boys. I never was into drama and (even though I myself am a woman) I know girls create a lot of it. It's annoying, most of it is meaningless and a waste of time. Don't get me wrong, I had girlfriends but they weren't exactly deep relationships. When I was 18 years old I took a gap year and moved to California for eight months, this is where I found my hidden gems of friends. The relationships that I made in those months caused me to lose a piece of me when I moved home, regularly breaking down in tears for no apparent reason other than I missed those I left behind. Well long story short two years later I moved back and haven't left since.
My fabulous friends are refreshing. Each one unique, gifted, and balance the dynamics of all our characters that we embody. Over the last few years we have each had our golden year and our torturous year, but we all have been in it together. Constantly sending group messages with inappropriate jokes, prayer requests, joyful news, movie quotes, being accountable, asking for urgent advice, as well as carving out special time together (harder than you think) to celebrate each other and get down into each others lives. We know each other deeply and accept one another for who they are, calling out each other's BS, encouraging the sparks of greatness we see, and being a little sassy to the world around us. Individually were all at different stages of our lives; married with kids, newly married, and in serious relationships. You would think that that would divide us yet we defy the rules and it only brings us together; joining in the new challenges and helping to navigate them. I honestly don't know where I would be or who I would be if it wasn't for these ladies in my life. I don't always have the words to express myself in the moment but hopefully this little expression truly shows the love and thankfulness I have.
We are battle buddies. We are adventurers. We are prayer warriors. We are fabulous.
"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I
have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Jane Austen
